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Lawrence University V-Day Presents “The Vagina Monologues”

APPLETON, WIS. — Lawrence University’s student chapter of V-Day, an international movement to end violence against women, presents two benefit performances of Eve Ensler’s award-winning play “The Vagina Monologues” Feb. 26 and 28 at 6 p.m. in the Wriston Art Center auditorium, 613 E. College Ave., Appleton. Tickets, $8 for adults, $5 for students, are available through the Lawrence Box Office, 920-832-6749.

“The Vagina Monologues” was first performed in 1996 in New York, where it earned an OBIE award. The comical and compassionate collection of 17 monologues, performed by a student cast of 14 women under the direction of junior Marvanna Avery-Cash, are based on interviews Ensler conducted with more than 200 women.

The stories celebrate women’s life experiences, sexuality and self-discovery. Since its debut, “The Vagina Monologues” has been performed across America and in more than 120 countries worldwide, challenging sexual stereotypes and raising awareness about domestic violence.

Proceeds from the shows will benefit the Sexual Assault Crisis Center-Fox Cities, Inc., a local organization that assists survivors and their families of all forms of sexual assault or abuse, One in Four, Inc., a Connecticut-based non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of rape and Women for Women International, which works with women around the world who have been victims of war and other conflicts to help them regain social, economic and political participation in their communities.

V-Day Lawrence University to perform Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues”

V-Day Lawrence University will perform Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” again this February. Performances will be held on Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. and on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in Cloak Theatre of the Lawrence Music-Drama Center, 420 E. College. Ave. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and may be purchased at the Lawrence University Box Office, 920-832-6749.

“The Vagina Monologues” has been performed in cities all across the nation and at hundreds of college campuses. It has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement—V-Day—to stop violence against women.

This is V-Day Lawrence University’s fifth year performing the monologues. Through the performance V-Day hopes to generate awareness, raise funds to end violence against women, as well as provide a night of entertainment. Junior Brianne Mueller is directing this year’s show.

V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, and incest.
Through V-Day campaigns, local volunteers and college students produce annual benefit performances of “The Vagina Monologues” to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities.

Proceeds from the V-Day Lawrence University performances will benefit the Fox Valley Sexual Assault Crisis Center, Men Can Stop Rape and KIWOHEDE. This is the fifth year that V-Day will support the Fox Valley SACC, a local organization that provides a variety of important services for those affected by sexual assault. Men Can Stop Rape is a national organization that focuses on ending rape and sexual violence through education. KIWOHEDE is an organization in Tanzania that educates, shelters and rehabilitates women rescued from sexual slavery and domestic abuse.

Lawrence University V-Day to perform Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues

V-Day Lawrence University, now in its third year, is pleased to announce that Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will be performed again this year, on Friday and Saturday, February 13th and 14th, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 15th at 5:30 p.m. in Harper Hall, a theatre in the university’s Music-Drama Center (420 E. College Avenue). Tickets are $5.00 for students, $8.00 for adults and may be purchased in advance through the Lawrence University Box Office (920-832-6749) or at the door. Through the production, V-Day hopes to generate awareness, raise funds to end violence against women, as well as provide a night of entertainment.

Sophomore Alissa Melczer, originally from Evanston, IL, makes her directing debut at Lawrence University with this year’s Vagina Monologues production. “I want to make the show a more universal representation of femininity,” says Melczer. In addition to the work of the actresses, this year’s show will incorporate a variety of pieces of art by members of the Lawrence community.

Proceeds from the production will go to several charities, around the Fox Cities, the United States, and the world. The primary recipient this year will be the Fox Valley Sexual Assault Crisis Center, with additional proceeds going to Men Can Stop Rape and the community of Juarez, Mexico, where over three hundred women have been abducted, abused or murdered over the past few years. “Violence against women is a widespread problem,” Lawrence V-Day President Sadie Weber states. “We hope that our efforts will not only increase awareness among the Lawrence community, but in the Fox Valley area as well.”