Monday, March 30, 2009

ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY

Its hard to believe that just getting back into the swing of a new quarter, our play A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer, is just around the corner...

V-day has done it again! On April 17th and 18th at 8p the same people who brought you The Vagina Monologues will be bringing to OSU's campus its highly anticipated performance: A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer (MMRP)!!!
This event is only $3...Yes, you heard me! Only $3 to raise awareness AND to support local organizations working to end violence against women and girls! Come on down to the Michael E. Moritz Law School Auditorium located at 55 West 12th Avenue for a night of solidarity, women's empowerment, and some damn good monologues! Get your flaming hot tickets at the door, from a cast or crew member or at osuheartstvm@gmail.com All are welcome.

About The Play

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.

Beyond the time constraint of five minutes or less and the theme of women and violence, each monologue was for the writer to realize. No constructs, restrictions, or rules. A fantasy of a world where there is no violence. A poem about the physics of a slap. A memory.

These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. 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.

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 and other artistic works.

In 2008, more than 3400 V-Day events took place in the U.S. and around the world. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $60 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women.

Join The Fight. We Did.
www.vday.org

Vaginas in the News

Here is an example of how women everywhere are joining the fight to stop the violence. Rock on Ladies! ({'}) VDAY LOVE from OSU ({'})

Dont miss the OSU Open Mic Prison Show happening April 23, 2009 at 8:30pm in the Hale Center room 134. BE THERE

The Current

Sunday March 29, 2009

V-Day raises awareness with "Any One of Us"

Samantha Sonderen

Issue date: 2/23/09 Section: Features

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Media Credit: Sofi Seck

Last Friday February 20, The Vagina Monologues were performed at the Touhill Performing arts center. This years show focused on women in the penitentiary and the choices they make that put them in there.

At the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Valentine's Day is not merely what it used to be. It is not solely about candy, stuffed animals or romantic dinners. Valentine's Day is now also "V-Day," a day to raise awareness about women and gender equality.

The "VOICES" student group puts on a yearly show to demonstrate specific issues that some women deal with on a regular basis.

In previous years, the V-Day production has been "The Vagina Monologues," but this year "Any One Of Us: Words From Prison" was the show that had audience members filling the Touhill Performing Arts Center and the Pilot House with cheers.

V-Day has been around for quite some time, but it was not presented at UM-St. Louis until a few years ago when the "VOICES" group was formed.

V-Day can serve many purposes and offer benefits to the lives of women.

Whether it is at the V-Day booth selling vagina lollipops, or with a production, Monica Swindle, V-Day organizer, attempts to make the reasoning for V-Day clear and known to the student population.

"The purpose is to raise awareness about women's sexuality, domestic violence issues and also to raise money for local domestic violence organizations," Swindle said.

This year's show, "Any One Of Us: Words From Prison," focused on some of the issues that bring women into a correctional facility and the extreme situations that they face while behind bars.

Matthew Amend, the director of the production, put together a cast of women to play nine prisoners telling a story about the struggles they faced in life and in prison. The show was based on actual letters that were submitted by women in four different correctional facilities.

The roles of the prisoners were played by Tanesha Simchah Walker, Katie Bucher, Amanda Densmore, Krystle Morehouse, Rachel Ogborn, Theresa Greene, Jacqueline Thompsen, Natalie Crothers and Cori Stewart.

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