2nd Story- Vagina Monologue

Vagina Monologues’ 6th Year at WSU


Students at WSU are taking the opportunity to act and be activists for violence against women in the annual winter production of The Vagina Monologues.
The show, which originated in 1988 and was put together by Eve Ensler, is a series of monologues and interviews she had with women. These monologues share the experiences they had as women and their responses toward women affected by sexual violence. Students act out the set of monologues that the show has and an optional monologue will be added this year that has never been done at WSU before.
This is the sixth year that WSU is putting on this production which is aligned with V-Day. Their mission, “V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery.” Students at WSU can take part in this movement by being a part of the production, or by simply buying tickets to the two showings in February.
V-Day productions get volunteers and college students to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups around their communities. “Ten percent of the show’s earnings go to a spotlight charity that V-Day chooses, we get to donate the rest of the money to charities of our choosing around the Palouse,” said Jordan J. Hightower, director of Vagina Monologues and student at WSU.
Auditions for the Vagina Monologues are Nov. 6 and 7 at Daggy Hall. Callbacks will be on Nov.13 and 14. Hightower said, “V-Day is an amazing movement to end violence against women.” She hopes that many people will try out for the production and come to the shows.
WSU is proud to put on such a cause worthy production and of the production crew for all the money they make for V-Day. The show has a really good attendance most years. “Last year and this year, getting publicity out for the show is difficult without the CUB,” said Kellie J. Owens, public relations intern for student health and V-Day. “I hope we can reach enough students and get a good turn out to raise plenty of money this year,” commented Owens.
The Vagina Monologues and V-Day are a nationally known campaign and are striving to get awareness out to help women around the world. College students bring that awareness to campus and bring it a little closer to home. “The ‘V’ in V-Day is for Victory, Valentine and Vagina,” Vagina Monologue.

Jordan J. Hightower
Jordan-hightower@wsu.edu
(360)-271-9624

Kellie J. Owens
kjowens@wsu.edu
(425)-760-2276