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Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry … Eve Ensler’s wildly popular series of monologues about women and performed by women is back for the eighteenth year with the Roxy Regional Theatre’s presentation of “The Vagina Monologues”, January 17th – February 1st.\n
\nThis year, two members of the theatre’s professional company and a special guest from the community will take the stage of theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy, in readings of these monologues based on interviews Eve Ensler conducted with 200 women about their views on sex, relationships and violence against women.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Melissa Schaffner, Annabelle Szepietowski and Alexandra West star in Eve Ensler’s THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, January 17th – February 1st.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Cast<\/h3>\n\n- Melissa Schaffner, Marketing Director at Fort Campbell MWR; <\/b><\/li>\n
- Annabelle Szepietowski<\/b>, whom Roxy audiences may remember as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz<\/i> and Crissy in Hair <\/i>and who will be starring in Junie B. Jones: The Musical <\/i>and playing Louisa in The Fantasticks<\/i> this season;<\/li>\n
- Alexandra West<\/b>, whom audiences may remember as Calpurnia in To Kill a Mockingbird<\/i> and Dionne in Hair <\/i>last season and who will also be performing in Junie B. Jones: The Musical <\/i> this month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, “The Vagina Monologues” introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.”
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\nIn an interview with women.com<\/a>, Ensler said that her fascination with vaginas began because of “growing up in a violent society.” “Women’s empowerment is deeply connected to their sexuality.” She also stated, “I’m obsessed with women being violated and raped, and with incest. All of these things are deeply connected to our vaginas.”<\/p>\nContributions will be collected each night for the Clarksville Sexual Assault Center, which provides counseling and support to children and adult victims of sexual abuse and community education programs to reduce the risk of victimization. To learn more, visit www.sacenter.org<\/a>.
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\n“The Vagina Monologues” is presented in theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy, and plays at 8:00pm for six nights only: January 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, 31st and February 1st. Due to language and content, this production is recommended for mature audiences only.<\/p>\n
An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, “The Vagina Monologues” introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.” Contributions will be collected each night for the Clarksville Sexual Assault Center, which provides counseling and support to children and adult victims of sexual abuse and community education programs to reduce the risk of victimization. To learn more, visit www.sacenter.org<\/a>.
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\nIn an interview with women.com<\/a>, Ensler said that her fascination with vaginas began because of “growing up in a violent society.” “Women’s empowerment is deeply connected to their sexuality.” She also stated, “I’m obsessed with women being violated and raped, and with incest. All of these things are deeply connected to our vaginas.”<\/p>\n
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\n“The Vagina Monologues” is presented in theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy, and plays at 8:00pm for six nights only: January 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, 31st and February 1st. Due to language and content, this production is recommended for mature audiences only.<\/p>\n