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February 14, 2003
Vagina
Monologues set for February 13 and 15
The Mount Holyoke
chapter of the national V-Day College Campaign will present The
Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler’s internationally acclaimed
piece about how various women view their vaginas, Thursday, February
13, and Saturday, February 15, at 8 pm in Mary Woolley Hall’s
Chapin Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and senior citizens
and $7 for general admission. This performance marks the fifth
consecutive year that Mount Holyoke students have performed the
Monologues, which was first performed by Ensler Off Off Broadway
in 1996. Performances of the Monologues have often been used as
a means of raising funds for groups working against domestic violence,
and annual events held on February 14 have led to a “V-Day”
movement centered on community performances of the piece. A V-Day
fund, drawing from those benefits and a percentage of the receipts
from The Vagina Monologues book sales and commercial
productions, was established in 1998 to support “groups
that work to end rape, battery, incest, and genital mutilation.”
Proceeds from last year’s Mount Holyoke production of the
Monologues were donated to Womanshelter/ Compañeras.
Call x5147 if you would like to learn more about this event.
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