February 11, 2003

TICKETS GOING FAST FOR BOISE STATE’S ‘VAGINA MONOLOGUES’

Tickets are still available for Boise State University’s production of "The Vagina Monologues," opening Friday, Feb. 14, in the Student Union Special Events Center. This is the third year the university has presented the production 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. Tickets, available through Select-a-Seat, are $12 general and $6 for students. Matinee tickets are $10 and $5 respectively.

Free parking is available in the Library and Liberal Arts lots for all shows.

"The Vagina Monologues" is part of a nationwide initiative involving college- and university-sponsored productions. The V-Day campaign is aimed at ending sexual violence against women and proclaiming 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 English professor Tom Peele and former Boise State student Lauren Tweedy. The third dialogue was written by Ensler. Although the show 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.

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Melissa Wintrow

Women’s Center

426-4256

Kathleen Craven

communications and marketing

426-3275

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