The Vagina Monologues - April 21, 2012

About The Vagina Monologues

"Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving . . . it is both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction."

-Variety

Celebrated as the bible for a new generation of women, The Vagina Monologues has been performed in cities all across America and at hundreds of college campuses. It has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement - V-Day - to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning masterpiece gives voice to women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.

Based on interviews with over 200 women about their memories and experiences of sexuality, The Vagina Monologues gives voice to women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again. It is witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise.

About V-Day

V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of playwright/founder Eve Ensler's award-winning play, "The Vagina Monologues".To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $60 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, launched the Karama program in the Middle East, reopened shelters, and funded over 5000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq.

About Rape Crisis of the Southern Tier

Rape Crisis of the Southern Tier, a program of Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, offers free and confidential counseling, advocacy, medical and legal accompaniments and educational services throughout Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties.If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence at any time in your life, please call our hotline at (888) 810-0093 to speak to a counselor. A counselor is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

For volunteer opportunities or for more information about Rape Crisis of the Southern Tier contactthe Community Affairs Coordinator, at 962-4686 ext. 216 or visit us on the web at WWW.RCST.ORG