The Vagina Monologues - September 2002 & March 2003

The Revival of
THE

VAGINA

MONOLOGUES
by Eve Ensler
at the
Theatersaal Rigiblick
Germaniastr 99 8044 Zurich
(Tram 9 or 10 or bus 33 to stop "Seilbahn Rigiblick",
then cablecar "Rigiblick")

SEPTEMBER 2002
and
MARCH 2003
Wed 19, Thu 20, Fri 21, Sat 22 and Weds 26 and Thu 27
at 8.15pm

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The Monologues proved extremely popular when we first
staged them in September 2002.
So much so that we filled every seat seat every night and had
to disappoint many.
Now the Monologues are returning.

Any unsold tickets will be available at the theatre box office
from 7.30pm on the night of performance only.
There will be no reservations other then by TicketCorner

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The 'Vs' and their 'd' (director)

THINK INSIDE THE BOX "I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas,and even more worried that we don t think about them. So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas,to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with hundreds of women. I talked to old women,young women, married women,single women, lesbians, college professors, actors, corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American Women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first, women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldnt stop them." Author Eve Ensler SPREAD THE WORD In The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, brave, highly original and thoroughly human stories. Based on interviews with a diverse group of women - from a Long Island antique dealer to a Bosnian refugee - the play brazenly explores the humor, power, pain, wisdom, outrage, mystery and excitement hidden in vaginas. Having seen The Vagina Monologues, no one - woman or man - will ever look at the world the same way again. The Vagina Monologues was originally produced in New York in 1996, and has subsequently been produced all over the world. Writer- performer Eve Ensler left the cast on January 23, 2000. Since February 8, 2000 the show has been performed by trios of actresses,each group for a few weeks only. ENVY GOES BOTH WAYS
EVE ENSLER	EVE ENSLER is an award-winning playwright, poet, activist, and screenwriter. Her many works for the stage include The Depot, Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man, Extraordinary Measures, Ladies, Scooncat and Lemonade. Her play Necessary Targets has had benefit performances on Broadway and at the National Theatre in Sarajevo. The Vagina Monologues won a 1997 Obie Award and was nominated for Drama Desk and Helen Hayes awards. The world tour of The Vagina Monologues initiated V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women. Ensler is currently writing a screenplay on women in prison for Glenn Close. "I am not sure why I was chosen," Eve Ensler says, "I didn't for example, have girlhood fantasies about beco-ming "vagina lady" (which I am often called, sometimes loudly across a crowded shoe store.) I could not have imagined that I would one day be tal-king about vaginas on talk shows in places like Athens, Greece, chanting the word vagina with 4000 women in Baltimore, or having 32 public orgasms a night. These things were not in my plans. In this sense, I don't think I had much to do with The Vagina Monologues. It possessed me."
A BONA FIDE PHENOMENON! SEX HAS NEVER BEEN FUNNIER OR MORE POIGNANT! THE NEW YORK TIMES LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST ENTERTAINMENT	A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Last summer the first production started its run in the London West End. On the wave of its success Eve Ensler started the V-Movement, which is a fund to help fight Violence Against Women. Visit the website:www.vaginamonologues.com
	As in the original production, we shall be rotating the cast for each performance.
The Vagina Monologues has delighted audiences in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, London, Zurich and is coming back.