Event
A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer
A groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch, even a put-down. These pieces on oppression in the world, particularly against women, are performed as a series of monologues. This is about the hard truth - about facing difficult subjects and coming out of it stronger and more determined to live your life and achieve your goals. The volume features authors such asThe volume features such authors and topics as: Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on women's work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction; Edwidge Danticat on a border crossing; Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; Sharon Olds on a bra; Patricia Bosworth on her own physically abusive relationship; Jane Fonda on reclaiming our Mojo; and many more.
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ALL PROCEEDS go towards our 2013 beneficiaries:
V-Day International
UBC Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC)
Directed by Charity Principe
Producer/Coordinator: Kirsten Larsen
Producer/Coordinator: Yulanda Lui
Stage Manager:
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LocationFrederic Wood Theatre (View)
6354 Crescent Rd, Vancouver
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada
Categories
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
| Owner: UBC VDAY |
| On BPT Since: Jan 22, 2012 |
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| UBC V-Day |
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