Students Present The Vagina Monologues
By Staff
Franklin & Marshall students will raise awareness to end violence against women and girls during two readings of The Vagina Monologues in the Green Room Theatre on Saturday, March 3, at 6 and 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students, $7.50 for members of the faculty and professional staff, and $10 for the general public, and may be purchased at the Box Office from noon to 6 p.m. or in the atrium of Steinman College Center between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Ten percent of the proceeds go toward the 2012 V-Day spotlight campaign for women and girls in Haiti. The remaining 90 percent will be split evenly between Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster County and Milagro House, a long-term, education-based program committed to restoring the lives of homeless women and children.
The production is directed by Jessica Dunbar ’13, Sarah Steinhorn ’14 and Nalyse Seymore ’12. The reading of Eve Ensler’s award-winning play is sponsored by F&M's Alice Drum Women’s Center, Office of the Dean of the College, and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.
“I've been involved with The Vagina Monologues since my freshman year, and it has been an interesting experience seeing the transformation of the play over several years, with different people and the same passions,” Dunbar said. “This year we will feature a few new monologues that bring light to women’s issues with a new poetic twist. I'm really excited about that.”
Steinhorn looks forward to the production for several reasons. “Knowing what the end product can be, what this production is working toward for women, and how significant this is for today’s society really makes me excited about this year’s show,” she said.
V-Day at Franklin & Marshall is a local effort within the worldwide context of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. In 2011, 5,800 V-Day events around the world raised more than $5 million through performances of The Vagina Monologues; readings from V-Day’s A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer and Any One of Us: Words from Prison; and screenings of V-Day’s documentary, Until The Violence Stops.
“The most exciting part of this show for me is working with students on such a personal area of female identity and culture while also having a lot of fun,” Seymore said.
