A-LISTS theatre by joel martens
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES: The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women.
With humor and grace the show celebrates women’s
sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken
control of their bodies and their lives. For more than 12 years, The Vagina Mono- logues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. Playing February 8 & 11 at 8:00 p.m. and February 13 at 2:00 p.m at Diversionary Theatre.
THE MENDING MONOLOGUES: This monologue is a male-
VOILENCE
JOIN THE GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST
The V-Day 2011 Campaign will feature three separate produc- tions this month at the Diversionary Theatre from February 8 to 13 in honor of the activist movement called V-Day. A global movement, the campaign strives to end violence against women and girls by raising funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues as well as through other artistic works. In 2001, V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine’s “100 Best Charities,” in 2006 one of Marie Claire magazine’s Top Ten Charities, and in 2010 was named as one of the top-rated organizations on Great Nonprofits. In 12 years, the V-Day movement has reached more than 300 million people.
focused performance group inspired by Eve Ensler’s pro- duction of The Vagina Mono- logues. Passionate, smart and inventive, The Mending Monologues takes audiences on an emotional rollercoaster ride through relationships, gender wounds and abuse issues to arrive at a place of peace, understanding and heal- ing. Portions of every show’s proceeds are donated to womens’ shelters in local communities . Playing February 9 & 12 at 8:00 p.m. at Diversionary Theatre.
A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER: This is another groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-
renowned authors and playwrights, edited
by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch,
even a put-down. The volume features such authors and topics as: Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on women’s work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction; Edwidge Danticat on a border crossing; Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; Sharon Olds on a bra; Patricia Bosworth on her own physically abusive relationship; Jane Fonda on reclaiming our Mojo and many more. Playing February 10 at 8:00 p.m. and February 12 at 2:00 p.m. at Diversionary Theatre.
For tickets and more information visit:
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