News Team Boulder

Issue date: 2/12/09 Section: Entertainment

The CU-Boulder Theatre Department is opening their production of The Vagina Monologues this Friday night. The goal of the production is to change society's perception of the female body.

"People will be comfortable, just with saying the word 'vagina' and talking about what's happening to women," Director Maya Osterman said.

The Vagina Monologues was written in 1998 by playwright Eve Ensler. Each monologue conveys the real story of a woman that Ensler has encountered.

"My monologue is about hair," cast member Cassie Collins said. "It's about a woman who is really frustrated because her husband has been cheating on her because she wouldn't shave her vagina."

Some monologues discuss birth or discovering sexuality for the first time. Others show how society responds to lesbian and transgendered individuals.

Nicki Griffin performs "The Beat," a monologue about transgendered women. "Their vaginas are just as legitimate as mine," Griffin said.

Ensler's Vagina Monologues is a part of a global V-day campaign to perform the monologues at college campuses and community arts centers.

Ten percent of ticket proceeds from every Vagina Monologue performance worldwide this year goes to the City of Joy, a shelter for women and children in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The other 90 percent of the money raised from CU's performances goes to SPAN, the Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, which is a shelter in Boulder.

Tickets can be purchased from the UMC Connection in advance for $8 and $12 at the door. The performances are at 7:30pm in the Old Main Theatre from February 13 to February 15.



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