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<p>Wilkes University presents a benefit production of the award-winning play &#8220;The Vagina Monologues&#8221; on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The play will be in the Ballroom of the Henry Student Center, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes&#8217; is the only production of the landmark play in Northeast Pennsylvania.</p><p>Playwright Eve Ensler created the &#8220;The Vagina Monologues&#8221; based on interviews with more than 200 women. The play is a celebration of feminine strength and sexuality. The New York Times has called it &#8220;Probably the most important piece of political theatre of the last decade.&#8221;</p><p>Proceeds from Wilkes University&#8217;s performance benefit the V-Day organization, Victims Resource Center, the Domestic Violence Service Center and Caring Communities. Admission is free for Wilkes students with valid I.D., $5 for non-Wilkes students with valid I.D. and $10 for the general public.</p><p>&#8220;The Vagina Monologues&#8221; gave birth to V-Day, a global activist movement to end all violence against women and girls, including cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities subject to gender-based violence. It is observed annually on Feb. 14. With creativity and determination, V-activists around the world work tirelessly to end harassment, rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sex slavery. Each year, V-Day also focuses on a particular issue or the experiences of a particular group of women. In 2019, V-Day&#8217;s global spotlight campaign focuses on women in prisons and jails, detention centers, and formerly incarcerated women.</p><p>Eve Ensler, Tony Award winning playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of &#8220;The Vagina Monologues,&#8221; translated into over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries, including sold-out runs at both Off-Broadway&#8217;s Westside Theater and on London&#8217;s West End. The play ran for over 10 years in the U.K., Mexico and France.</p><style>
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Wilkes University to present ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Feb. 22, 23