Vagina Monologues Kauai

The Vagina Monologues will be performed on Kauai at the Performing Arts Center (Kauai Community College) on February 19 and 20. In 1996, The Vagina Monologues began as a one-woman show with Eve Ensler in a a series of character-driven pieces each revealing a different woman’s experience with topics such as sex, love, tenderness, embarrassment, cruelty, pain, and pleasure. As the show increased in popularity, it began to be performed by an ensemble of actresses. It was translated into over 45 languages and performed in over 130 countries, including sold-out runs at both Off-Broadway’s Westside Theater and London’s West End. Politically active theaters and college campuses began producing the Monologues, all of which helped to launch a global movement known as V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, and a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. For more information visit www.vday.org. What started as a one-woman play has become a national phenomenon for a new generation of women.

The 2010 performances on Kauai will benefit the YWCA, and help keep the organization funded and growing. This years performance will include an aerial dance performance, a monologue offered in Pidgin, and live music performed by Millicent Cummings. The cast consists of 21 people ranging in age from 17 to 75, including two mothers and their daughters. In addition to the performances, Women Artists of Kaua’i will hold an art show with pieces for sale. The art show will be held from 5 to 7 pm, and you may enter the art show without purchasing performance tickets. A portion of those sales will also benefit the YWCA Kauai.