V-DAY 2002 COLLEGE CAMPAIGN COMES TO MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
Muhlenberg Theatre Association will present "The Vagina Monologues" at the Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance for three performances on February 22, 23, and 24, 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the box office, 484-664-3333.Monday, February 11, 2002 10:36 AM
Muhlenberg Theatre Association will present "The Vagina Monologues" at the Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance for three performances on February 22, 23, and 24, 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the box office, 484-664-3333.
The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. V-Day Activities on the Muhlenberg College campus include a campus-wide invitation to place poems, quotations, images, experiences and opinions on the issues of both healthy relationships and violence against women on a "The Valentine Wall" on campus. Student members of the Muhlenberg Art Association will design Art-to-Auction T-shirts to raise additional funds, and there will be a campus-wide collection of used cell phones to be donated to Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley for victims of domestic abuse. V-Day Activities will culminate in the production of groundbreaking, Obie Award-winning, "The Vagina Monologues," including after-play talks and continuing campus projects.
The V-Day College Campaign is coming to 550 campuses this month, becoming the longest-running and most far-reaching of V-Day's global campaigns. Colleges and universities around the world are invited to present benefit productions of "The Vagina Monologues" on their campuses on or around Valentine's Day to raise awareness and money to stop violence against women and girls. The proceeds from these events go back into the schools' communities to local organizations and programs already working to stop this violence.
Muhlenberg senior Cara Restaino, director of "The Vagina Monologues," describes the play as "a provocative piece of theatre that challenges and inspires women of every age and cultural heritage." Hailed by the New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," "The Vagina Monologues" dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, and outrage buried in women's experiences. "The monologues are both a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation" according to the New York Times.
V-Day Muhlenberg College is sponsored by MTA in partnership with campus-wide volunteers and community representatives of Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley, Inc, the local organization to benefit from this campaign. Organizers on the Muhlenberg College campus have also designated 20% of the funds to be donated to benefit the women of Afghanistan.
