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V-Day NC State University 2010

 

“In order for the human race to continue, women must be safe and empowered.”

                                                                             -   Eve Ensler                                

 

Every day is V-Day until the violence against women stops!

 

We are pleased to announce the Women’s Center’s benefit production of Eve Ensler’s Obie award-winning play The Vagina Monologues as part of the V-Day 2010 College Campaign, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.

 

Director Guidelines:

1. - Experience preferred but not required

2. - Responsible for developing creative ideas, helping with auditions, and overseeing rehearsals

3. - Interested students should contact Shannon Johnson at shannon_johnson@ncsu.edu – preference will be given to those who respond by Friday, November 6, 2009

4. - Must be available for show nights on February 17-18, 2010

 

Audition Guidelines:

1. Auditions will be–

o    Wednesday, October 28, 2009:  1pm-5pm

o    Thursday, October 29, 2009:  1-2:30pm and 4-6pm

o    Friday, October 30, 2009:  1-5pm

 

2. Audition sign-up sheets and Audition packets are now available at the Women’s Center.  You may sign up for an audition time by visiting or calling the Women’s Center (515-2012) during normal business hours (M-F, 8-5). Sign-ups via email will NOT be accepted.

3. You will be required to bring a completed Audition packet with you to your audition time slot.

4. Performance dates are Wednesday and Thursday, February 17-18, 2010 – must be available both nights.

5. Auditions are open only to women-identified individuals affiliated with the NC State University community, including students, staff, and faculty.  All other aspects of the production are open to women, men, and anywhere in between!  Spread the word!

6. Any questions or concerns?  Contact Shannon Johnson (shannon_johnson@ncsu.edu) at the NC State Women’s Center or call 919-515-2012.

 

 

About The Vagina Monologues:

“A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, Eve Ensler gives us real women's stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery.

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. "At first women were reluctant to talk," Ensler writes. ‘They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them.’”

-- Random House

 

"Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving. . . . Written with a bluntness that is nevertheless intensely lyrical, 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