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Peer Health Advocates prep for V-Week with 'Monologue' tryouts
Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' celebrates 10th year as a part of OSU V-Week
Makenna Bishop
Issue date: 1/9/09 Section: News
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Put on by the Peer Health Advocates, 30 women showed up to Waldo Hall on Wednesday and Thursday night to audition for the production.
"The Vagina Monologues" is part of V-Week, which will be held from Feb. 9 to 13 and will include various activities and events leading up to the performances.
The show is about promoting awareness of violence against women and girls and ending such violence.
Kimberly Gifford, the show's director, described working on the Vagina Monologues as being an honor and a privilege.
"It's taking something that's so powerful, and mixing it with my passion for theater," Gifford said.
The auditions consisted of a group warm-up where all the women were able to let loose and ease their nervous tension. Afterward, each woman performed a cold reading of one of the monologues.
The monologues range in content and length. Some are filled with humor and some with rage. What connects them is their fact-based foundation.
This year's spotlight monologue focuses on the women and girls from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"It deals with destruction and the mass rapes that have been occurring. It will break your heart," Gifford said. "But we're working to do something about it."
Julia Edgerton, a junior in psychology, auditioned for her third year in a row.
"I audition every year because I love the show. It's a beautiful, moving, activist piece and the message means a lot to me," Edgerton said. "Plus I get to work with diverse and talented women. It's a warm, fuzzy feeling when we can come together and immediately pick up that energy."
Each woman that auditioned will be cast in the show.
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