January 10, 2003

V-DAY BOISE STATE FEATURES ‘VAGINA MONOLOGUES’

For the third year straight, Boise State University will present "The Vagina Monologues" as part of the V-Day College Campaign. The show runs at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Student Union Special Events Center. Tickets, available through Select-a-Seat beginning Jan. 23, are $12 general and $6 for students. Matinee tickets are $10 and $5 respectively.

"The Vagina Monologues" is part of a nationwide initiative involving college- and university-sponsored productions. The productions are a part of the V-Day campaign to end sexual violence against women and proclaim Valentine’s Day as a day to celebrate women and end abuse. For more information on V-Day, visit www.vday.org.

The play is a series of monologues based on interviews by playwright Eve Ensler with a diverse group of hundreds of real women. Three new monologues will debut this year, two of them written by Boise State English professor Tom Peele and former Boise State student Lauren Tweedy. The third dialigue was written by Ensler. Although dialogue includes frank language and adult content, organizers hope it will be a catalyst for increased understanding. Twenty actors, a mixture of Boise State students, staff and community members, comprise the cast. Jennifer Dunn, who has worked with the New Heritage Theatre, is director.

The production premiered off-Broadway in 1998 and has featured an array of big-name stars such as Oprah Winfrey, Calista Flockhart, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, and Brooke Shields.

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Melissa Wintrow

Women’s Center

426-4256

Kathleen Craven

communications and marketing

426-3275

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