Celebration of Women's History Month Exhibit

The Vagina Monologues, written by [V] [formerly Eve Ensler], consists of monologues meant to be read by different women discussing topics relating to the vagina such as sex, love, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm and the variety of names for the vagina.

How did The Vagina Monologues grow from campus-to-campus and why is the play so important?

“In 1994, a play called The Vagina Monologues, written by playwright and activist V (formerly Eve Ensler), broke ground, offering to the world a piece of art like nothing it had seen before. Based on dozens of interviews V conducted with women, the play addressed women’s sexuality and the social stigma surrounding rape and abuse, creating a new conversation about and with women. The Vagina Monologues ran Off-Broadway for five years in New York and then toured the United States. After every performance, V found women waiting to share their own stories of survival, leading her to see that The Vagina Monologues could be more than a moving work of art on violence; she divined that the performances could be a mechanism for moving people to act to end violence” (VDAY, 2023).

VDAY. (2023, March 17). The vagina monologues. VDAY. 

Articles discussing the various Vagina Monologue events: 

• The Vagina Monologues by Olusade Oyalowo '14
• Benefit Performance of "The Vagina Monologues"
• FEMME!
• Hamilton’s women speak at FEMME by Elizabeth Lvov ’17
• Valentine's Day is V-Day by Holly Foster