“The Vagina Monologues,” produced by Amanda Rice ‘06 and directed by Mandee Moondi '06, will be performed at Union College's Old Chapel on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. ***These shows are sold out – standing room only.
The entire performance is run and supported by students. Tickets will be $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Ninety percent of the proceeds will go to the Schenectady YWCA (in particular the domestic violence shelter and program); 10 percent will go to V-Day´s spotlight campaign, “Comfort Women.”
The V-Day College Campaign invites members of college and university communities around the world to present benefit productions of “The Vagina Monologues” on their campuses to raise money and awareness to stop violence against women and girls.
Obie Award-winning Playwright Eve Ensler's “The Vagina Monologues” has been translated into more than 35 languages, and it has been performed in theaters worldwide, including sold-out runs in New York and London. Her experience performing the show inspired her to create the global movement called V-Day.
In seven years, the V-Day movement has raised more than $25 million.
Other fund-raising efforts at Union will include a raffle at the performances and sales of T-shirts, flowers and lollipops in the Reamer Campus Center beginning Thursday, Feb. 9. The goal is to raise $6,000.
In addition, a clip from the documentary, V-Day: Until the Violence Stops, will be shown at a lunch on Thursday, Feb. 16, 12:40- 1:35 p.m., in Blue House. Tami Flanders and Kelly Connison of the Schenectady YWCA will be on hand to talk about their organization's services.
For more information about V-Day, go to www.vday.com.