Outrageous Vagina Monologues performances Feb. 17 and 18

V‑DAY UCONN JOINS GLOBAL EFFORT TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

V-Day UCONN 2011

Presents Benefit Productions of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES & A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT, AND A PRAYER

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

Who: University of Connecticut, sponsored by the Women’s Center

What: V-Day UCONN 2011, a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, raising funds for the Eastern Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Center and Opportunities Industrialization Center of New London, INC.

Where: Student Union Theatre, UConn

When: The Vagina Monologues:

Thursday, Feb. 17 at 5:30pm

Friday, Feb. 18 at 6:30pm

A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer:

Saturday, Feb. 19 at 4:30pm

Admission: Tickets on sale from 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. at a V-Day table in the Student Union in the first floor hallway with tickets and buttons being sold and given out by the cast and crew! Presale tickets are $10 for students and $12 for non-students. Tickets will also be sold at the door starting at 5:30 p.m. and those prices are $12 for students and $15 for non-students.

Contact: vdayuconn@gmail.com

Goal: To raise awareness to stop violence against women and girls and funds for our beneficiaries.

Sponsored by: UConn Women’s Center

What is a V-Day Campaign?

A V-Day Campaign is a catalyst for mobilizing women and men to heighten awareness about violence against women and girls.

By creating this global community, V-Day strives to empower women to find their collective voices and demand an end to the violence that affects one in three women in the U.S and around the world.

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.

What is A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, is a groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle and commissioned by V-Day for the first V-Day: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS festival, which took place June 2006 in New York City.

The writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of how violence against women affects every one of us.

A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, And A Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women. All proceeds from the book benefit V-Day

Posted Feb. 17, 2011, updated with ticket info Feb. 18, 2011