2008 Woodie Awards
Vagina Monologues
Tom Bond
Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: Opinion
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March 1, 2007 V-Day. This is not a historical event or the beginning of a war; rather it marks the day of the performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues." This showing of "The Vagina Monologues" was held at DeBaun Auditorium to support the global movement that has become known as V-Day.
This is a movement to stop violence against women and girls around the world. This ranges from Domestic Violence charities right here at home, as well as movements to stop violence against females who are brutally beaten, mutilated, and raped around the world.
V-Day raises money throughout the year which takes many different forms from various charitable events, to the performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" as we can see here at Stevens. This is Stevens' 7th Annual V-Day and is in no way its last.
These "Vagina Monologues" are taken from various women who were interviewed about their vaginas by playwright Eve Ensler. These monologues range from a very serious tone to the most humorous of topics. Vaginas are referred to by many comical names which were discussed both seriously and comically relating to the history of these women's vaginas.
The stories range from the retelling of a female prostitute who only worked with women. She was describing moans, each of which was acted out by a member of the cast in "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy", to the much more serious topic of vaginal mutilation in Africa in "My Vagina Was My Village".
This show consisted of a dedicated cast who love performing these monologues as well as working for this noble cause. These women performed these "Vagina Monologues" with such passion and conviction that you believed they were telling their own stories. The imagery that Ensler used in this informative, heart-warming, and even comical work is beautiful, and makes you live through a large range of human moral and emotional concerns.
This show is very touching and addresses many issues that all women face, to very personal concerns. The turnout was great, with the show being delayed for nearly 20 minutes because of the large line for tickets. The ages of people who came out to support the cause ranged from a college age, to later adult years.
The show addresses many reasons why this cause is so just, and even though there was no reduced fee entry for Stevens students, not one of them felt that their money was ill spent. The cause was indeed well supported tonight, and because so many newer, open minded people are coming to see this show, Stevens' V-Day 2008 is expecting an even bigger turnout.
This is a movement to stop violence against women and girls around the world. This ranges from Domestic Violence charities right here at home, as well as movements to stop violence against females who are brutally beaten, mutilated, and raped around the world.
V-Day raises money throughout the year which takes many different forms from various charitable events, to the performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" as we can see here at Stevens. This is Stevens' 7th Annual V-Day and is in no way its last.
These "Vagina Monologues" are taken from various women who were interviewed about their vaginas by playwright Eve Ensler. These monologues range from a very serious tone to the most humorous of topics. Vaginas are referred to by many comical names which were discussed both seriously and comically relating to the history of these women's vaginas.
The stories range from the retelling of a female prostitute who only worked with women. She was describing moans, each of which was acted out by a member of the cast in "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy", to the much more serious topic of vaginal mutilation in Africa in "My Vagina Was My Village".
This show consisted of a dedicated cast who love performing these monologues as well as working for this noble cause. These women performed these "Vagina Monologues" with such passion and conviction that you believed they were telling their own stories. The imagery that Ensler used in this informative, heart-warming, and even comical work is beautiful, and makes you live through a large range of human moral and emotional concerns.
This show is very touching and addresses many issues that all women face, to very personal concerns. The turnout was great, with the show being delayed for nearly 20 minutes because of the large line for tickets. The ages of people who came out to support the cause ranged from a college age, to later adult years.
The show addresses many reasons why this cause is so just, and even though there was no reduced fee entry for Stevens students, not one of them felt that their money was ill spent. The cause was indeed well supported tonight, and because so many newer, open minded people are coming to see this show, Stevens' V-Day 2008 is expecting an even bigger turnout.
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