The Vagina Monologues

About the show

Published in over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries and recently heralded by The New York Times as one of the most important plays of the past 25 years, Eve Ensler’s hilarious, eye–opening The Vagina Monologues is a tour into the last frontier, the forbidden zone at the heart of every woman. A show that’s rocked audiences around the world, this groundbreaking piece gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories, transforming the question mark hovering over the anatomy into a permanent victory sign. With laughter and compassion, Ensler transports audiences to a world we’ve never dared to know, guaranteeing that no one who sees The Vagina Monologues will ever look at a woman’s body the same way again. Performing The Vagina Monologues inspired Eve Ensler to create V-Day, the 22–year–old global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people, girls and the planet.

On Friday, February 13, the Linfield Theatre Program, with help from Linfield students and faculty, community members and Linfield alumna will present a staged reading of the play with proceeds benefiting Henderson House, Yamhill County’s domestic violence shelter that provides support and services for victims of domestic and sexual violence. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall on the McMinnville campus.

Described as “spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving” by Variety, The Vagina Monologues are certain to introduce the audience to “an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic” all at once.

“Ensler breaks taboos by talking, talking and talking some more — stripping fear and shame from what she celebrates here. It makes for quite a party. Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting, and occasionally angry…The Vagina Monologues confronts words to demystify and disarm them. In so doing, Ensler disarms the audience too.” – Associated Press

Box Office information:

Tickets are $14 and $10 for students 16+. Tickets will go on sale at www.linfield.edu/arts on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at noon. Seating is first–come, first –served. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more information call 503.883.2802 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts. This play contains mature subject matter and language and is recommended for ages 16 and older.

Henderson House: Henderson House is Yamhill County’s domestic violence shelter and provides culturally aware outreach, education, and services for victims of domestic and sexual violence through leadership, hope and respect for thriving families. For more information, visit www.hendersonhouse.org.

Directions: Melrose Hall is on Founder’s Way, just off Baker Street at the main entrance to campus. For a campus map, visit: https://www.linfield.edu/about/campus-maps/mcminnville-campus/

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