Philippine Consulate in New York Hosts THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Auditions

V-Day 2010 Campaign Event to "stop violence against women and girls" and V-Day New York "Healing Through Music" announce its second auditions for Eve Ensler's Obie award-winning play THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES to be staged at the Philippine Consulate in New York on Fifth Avenue on April 10, 2010, Saturday at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Female actors may show up at the auditions on January 23, 2010, Saturday at 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Champion Studios, 14th floor, 257 West 39th Street, New York City.

Ensler's THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES has been translated into 45 languages and performed in over 130 countries, including sold-out performances on Broadway's Westside Theatre. 

The play is based on Ensler's (playwright, performer and activist) first-hand, in-depth interviews with more than 200 women and girls that bravely tackle tough subjects such as female sexuality and strength. 

"Spellbinding, funny and almost unbearably moving...THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction," said Variety in an earlier review. 

The overwhelming support Ensler received for THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES has inspired her to organize V-DAY, a global movement aimed at fighting against violence among women and girls. 

V-DAY featuring THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES was launched in 1998. It played to around 2,500 audience members at the Hammerstein's Ballroom in New York.  $250,000.00 was raised that evening with performances from Ensler, Glenn Close, Calista Flockhart, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Marisa Tomei, among others. 

V-DAY exists till today for no other reason but to fight violence against women and girls.  It has already raised $70,000,000.00 to support its various causes. 

V-DAY was cited by Worth Magazine as one of the "100 Best Charities" in 2001, and by Marie Claire Magazine as one of the "Top 10 Charities" in 2006.

According to THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES at the Philippine Consulate New York producer Mia Fernandez, the funds raised through the show and related events will benefit three Filipino-American organizations:

JazzPhil-USA (http://www.jazzphil-usa.com), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization chaired by premier Jazzipino Artist Charmaine Clamor. Its project, "Healing Through Music," aims to raise awareness of domestic violence and the promotion of constructive healing through music lessons and active participation. With THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, JazzPhil-USA hopes that musical instruments will be generously donated and volunteer musicians will help hold lessons. "Through 'Healing Through Music,' we strive to turn domestic violence victims into strong, confident victors," says Clamor.

Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI), (http://www.fahsi.org), a community-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to serving the most vulnerable segments of the Filipino community in the tri-state area - the youth, women and the elderly. Rose Ann Ubarra-Cunanan, FAHSI's executive director, says that the Filipino Women's Support Program (FWSP) aims to provide services to women exploring and enhancing their personal growth in a supportive environment. The program offers individual and group counseling services (provided in both English and Tagalog) to address a wide range of social and personal issues and concerns, e.g. divorce, acculturation, immigration and domestic violence.

The League of Filipina Grandmothers (LILA PILIPINA), (http://labanforthelolas.blogspot.com) is headed by Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Evelina Galang. LILA PILIPINA spearheads the demand for apology and compensation from Japan for the thousands of Filipina World War II "Comfort Women" forced into systematic rape and enslavement. World War II "Comfort Women" are the 200,000 girls and women abducted by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II forced to experience a life of systematic rape and enslavement. They are now mostly in their 80s and they are dying. They were taken from Korea, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan. In the Philippines, historians say there were about 1,000 girls abducted.

For tickets to THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES at the Philippine Consulate in New York, call 917-531-2014 or contact Mia Fernandez miafernandez.vday@gmail.com.  Ticket Price: $40.00.

 

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