Word: monologuesã
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...Harvard had a vagina, what would it be? Johnston Gate?” Tracy E. Nowski ’07 asked the primarily female audience of the Agassiz Theatre at the opening night performance of the Athena Theater Company’s production of “The Vagina Monologues??. Spontaneous laughter erupted, easing initial trepidations at hearing the remarkably unattractive word “vagina” repeated with such uncommon frequency...
...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...
...their feet. The terms “cunt,” “coochi snorcher,” “pussy,” and “vagina” are transformed into signifiers of more than just a body part. As “Monologues?? makes clear, they can also cover the diverse range of women who all have a story to tell...
...violence against women. The event is co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies in Religion Program, the Office of Student Life, and the Student Association Executive Committee. With the ticket price set at $8, organizers plan to donate all the proceeds from “The Vagina Monologues?? to Casa Myrna Vasquez, a Boston shelter founded by Elizabeth Rice Smith ’74 and dedicated to curbing domestic violence. According to Sarah Peck, the HDS student who is directing the production, participants hope to raise over $4,000 for the organization. But Peck emphasizes that...
...actress Alison E. Cohen ’07 adds, “The fact is that most of the participants wouldn’t have met if they hadn’t participated in the Vagina Monologues??All are interested in improving the lives of women everywhere and we’re also really interested in being a part of an all-woman cast...