All about the Vagina Monologues

NEWS RELEASE

V-DAY SAULT STE. MARIE

***************************
V-Day Sault Ste. Marie 2010 presents a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues

Join us as we raise funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls

SAULT STE. MARIE - On April 22, in Sault Ste. Marie, V‑Day SSM will present a three-night only benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s award wining play The Vagina Monologues at the Grand Theatre.

Last year over 4200 communities hosted V-Day benefits around the world raising funds and awareness towards ending violence against women.

These highly successful events raised over $4 million through performance of Eve Ensler’s award-winning play, 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.

Sault Ste. Marie has joined this global movement as part of the V‑Day 2010 College Campaign.

Sault Ste. Marie's seventh benefit production of The Vagina Monologues will take place at the Grand Theatre on Aprill 22, 23, and 24 at 8 p.m. (10 p.m. on the 23rd) on behalf of the V‑Day 2010 Campaign.

This benefit production is sponsored by local businesses.

What are The Vagina Monologues?

Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences.

Ms. Ensler has performed the play to great acclaim throughout the world - from Zagreb to Santa Barbara, from London to Seattle, from Jerusalem to Oklahoma City.

Villard Books/Random House first published The Vagina Monologues, which includes a foreword by Gloria Steinem, in February 1998.

A special edition was released in hard cover and paperback in February 2008 in honor of V-Day’s ten year anniversary.

The Vagina Monologues will be performed at 641 Queen St. E, 8 p.m. (10 p.m. on April 23rd), April 22, 23, 24.

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased (or reserved) by phoning the Grand Theatre at (705) 575-5687.

***************************
More SooToday.com entertainment headlines