Southeast Missouri State University will observe V-Day Feb. 14 with benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer, hosted by Southeasts Campus Violence Prevention Program and Redhawks Rising.Southeast students will present a production of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer at noon outside of Rowdys in the Towers Complex. This groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle, examines the insidiousness of violence at all levels brutality, neglect, a punch and even a put-down.After the production, members of Southeasts football team will present a special reading of Man Prayer. This production explores the role men have in violence prevention, and promotes positive masculinity.Later that evening, Southeast faculty, staff and students, under the direction of Roxanne Wellington, assistant professor of theatre and dance,will present a one-night benefit reading of Ensler's award winning playThe Vagina Monologues at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Robert. F. and Gertrude L. Shuck Music Recital Hall at Southeasts River Campus. The play, first performed off-Broadway and in locations around the world, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement in womens experience. V-Day grew out of the play, which exploded onto the scene in 1998, breaking taboos about womens sexuality and shattering silence about violence done to women and girls. This production contains adult content.V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. Over the past two decades, communities and college campuses in more than 200 countries and territories have stagedV-Daybenefit performances, artistic works, campaigns and risings.This years V-Day call to action is to Rise, Resist and Unite.V-Dayevents represent an opportunity to amplify survivor voices, educate, and change laws and policies to protect women and girls, said Donna St. Sauver, coordinator of the Campus Violence Prevention Program. The Southeast community is coming together this V-Day in two artistic uprisings to raise awareness and create a culture where survivors are supported and students are educated on violence prevention.Donations collected at each performance will be used to support the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) and the One Billion Rising, St. Sauver said.For more information about Southeasts V-Day events, call (573) 986-6899 or email cvpp@semo.edu.To learn more about V-Day and its campaigns, visitwww.vday.org.
Southeast Hosting V-Day Benefit Performances Feb. 14
Continue to main contentSoutheast Missouri State University will observe V-Day Feb. 14 with benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer, hosted by Southeasts Campus Violence Prevention Program and Redhawks Rising.Southeast students will present a production of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer at noon outside of Rowdys in the Towers Complex. This groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle, examines the insidiousness of violence at all levels brutality, neglect, a punch and even a put-down.After the production, members of Southeasts football team will present a special reading of Man Prayer. This production explores the role men have in violence prevention, and promotes positive masculinity.Later that evening, Southeast faculty, staff and students, under the direction of Roxanne Wellington, assistant professor of theatre and dance,will present a one-night benefit reading of Ensler's award winning playThe Vagina Monologues at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Robert. F. and Gertrude L. Shuck Music Recital Hall at Southeasts River Campus. The play, first performed off-Broadway and in locations around the world, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement in womens experience. V-Day grew out of the play, which exploded onto the scene in 1998, breaking taboos about womens sexuality and shattering silence about violence done to women and girls. This production contains adult content.V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. Over the past two decades, communities and college campuses in more than 200 countries and territories have stagedV-Daybenefit performances, artistic works, campaigns and risings.This years V-Day call to action is to Rise, Resist and Unite.V-Dayevents represent an opportunity to amplify survivor voices, educate, and change laws and policies to protect women and girls, said Donna St. Sauver, coordinator of the Campus Violence Prevention Program. The Southeast community is coming together this V-Day in two artistic uprisings to raise awareness and create a culture where survivors are supported and students are educated on violence prevention.Donations collected at each performance will be used to support the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) and the One Billion Rising, St. Sauver said.For more information about Southeasts V-Day events, call (573) 986-6899 or email cvpp@semo.edu.To learn more about V-Day and its campaigns, visitwww.vday.org.