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...Monologues” was first performed off-Broadway in 1996 and chronicles the thematically similar, but distinct, stories of the more than 200 women who Ensler interviewed. Since its inception, the play has become a cultural phenomenon, tied to raising awareness of violence against women. Proceeds from this production went to V-Day 2006 Spotlight Global Campaign on Comfort Women, the Network/La Red, the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violent for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and El Amel Centers in Sudan...
...donation. She says even just viewing the show is an “opportunity to not only expose the violence done to women every day across the world, but to creatively explore and challenge the presuppositions all of us hold about the value of female bodies.” Ensler interviewed more than 200 women to create the script of “Monologues,” which which won an Obie Award when it was first performed Off-Broadway in 1996. Since then, the play has been translated into 29 languages, adapted for television...
...Ensler compiled the Vagina Monologues based on hundreds of one-on-one interviews with women ranging from ages 6 to 72. It can safely be said that there is no other performance piece that gathers into one production the stories of a sexually-abused lesbian rediscovering her ability to experience physical pleasure, a sexually-liberated Englishwoman who has at long last found her clitoris, and a power lawyer-turned-professional-pleasure-giver...
...Manisha Munshi ’06, and Alexandra C. Palma ’08 spoke about civilian victims of America’s bombings in Iraq. In particular, they mentioned the cases of a Pakistani woman whose husband threw acid on her face. (According to Ensler, 90 percent of these female civilian victims of war die, and no lawsuits have yet been brought.) They further spotlighted the many hundreds of mutilated victims (all women) of a series of murders in Mexico that are suspected to be politically motivated...
...oeuvre has expanded greatly over the past five years, currently “ranging from student-written to Shakespeare.” This weekend’s production is set to follow V-day (Valentine, Victory, and Vagina), an annual day of awareness about sexual violence started by Eve Ensler, which falls somewhat tragicomically, like the play itself, on February 14. After each show various vagina-themed souvenirs will be available for sale, including T-shirts, scripts, and candies shaped like you-know-what, and representatives from several anti-violence organizations will be on hand for discussion. Proceeds from...