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Event: Vivian Stromberg to be presented with the Vagina Warrior award

Posted on: Monday, April 12, 2010

Keywords: Event, Activist, Combating Violence Against Women

Join us at a special presentation of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues on Sunday, April 18th @ 7pm.

Vivian Stromberg, MADRE's Executive Director, will be honored at the event for her many years of fighting for women's human rights around the world.

Tickets are $18 at the door. Read more about the performances below.

Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues: A Bilingual Production

Presented in Espanol for the First Time in NYC

The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/ playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women's sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than twelve years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public.

With Special Guest Appearances by:
Bonnie Barrios, Geri Brown, Chris Cook, Ellie Diez, *Gabriela Garcia, *Jackie Jenkins, Thea Johnson, Katharyn Bond Marquez, *Tresha Rodriguez

(*Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity)

Benefits: MADRE, Tea Party Angels, Miracles In Action, Orphaned Starfish Foundation, V-Day Congolese Women

Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
Between Ave B & C
New York City
Tickets $20 Advance,
$25 Door
212-780-9386
www.vdaynyc.org

Please Support This Benefit Production

100% of all profits from this event will be donated organizations working to stop violence against women and girls: Tea Party Angels (www.teapartyangels.org), MADRE (www.madre.org) and V-Day Congolese Women (www.vday.org).

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