The Vagina Monologues |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Feb 20 2008 at 5:53 PM |
Photo by Becci Osborne
Group shot of the cast. Back: Annie Weaver, Amber Hruby, Melissa McMinn, Kristin Nielsen and Valerie Novak. Front: Cristianne Palmer, Demaris Grant, Amber Lewis and Brooke McGee.
Kimberly Tomjack
Antelope Staff
The local production of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, was performed at the University of Nebraska at Kearney on Sunday and Monday, Feb. 17 and 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ponderosa room at the Union.
Amber Hruby was performing for her third year in a row. Hruby said the all women cast has been meeting over the past month and practicing for the show. "It's a really positive thing," Hruby said. "It's all about being proud of being a woman."
The performance covered topics such a periods, good and bad things that happen in a woman’s life and how to make light of degrading words.
The performance benefited the Kearney S.A.F.E. Center, which helps protect girls and women against violence, and is a part of the global V-day campaign for raising awareness of violent acts committed against women. V-day is an organization aimed primarily at stopping violence against women and girls. Through events like The Vagina Monologues, they strive to increase awareness of violence and to help raise money for local programs that assist women.
