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Eve Ensler.
Eve Ensler.

Eve Ensler (b. May 25, 1953 in Scarsdale, New York) is a playwright and feminist activist best known for the play The Vagina Monologues. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award -winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off-Broadway Westside Theatre

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Personal life

Ensler graduated from Middlebury College in 1975. Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She married Richard McDermott in 1978 and divorced in 1988. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) She is the adoptive mother of actor Dylan McDermott, whom she adopted when he was 18 and she was 26. Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott on October 26, 1961) is an American actor known for his role as lawyer and law firm head

The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues was written in 1996. The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award -winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off-Broadway Westside Theatre First performed in the basement of the Cornelia Street Café in SoHo, The Vagina Monologues has been translated into 45 different languages and performed in over 119 countries. This article is about an area of Manhattan, New York City. For the area in London UK see Soho. Celebrities who have starred in the play include: Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Idina Menzel, Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey. Jane Fonda (born December 21 1937 is an American Academy Award winning Actress, Writer, political activist, former Fashion Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Idina Kim Menzel (born May 30 1971 is an American Tony Award winning Actress, Singer and Songwriter who achieved fame for her Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American Ensler was awarded the Obie Award in 1996 for ‘Best New Play’ and in 1999 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in Playwriting. The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who She has also received the Berrilla-Kerr Award for Playwriting, the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, and the Jury Award for Theater at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. The Comedy Festival formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival is a Comedy Festival held each year in Las Vegas Nevada.

Recent works

Ensler has been involved in several films and has appeared on television on Real Time with Bill Maher (August 26, 2005) and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (August 12, 2005). Real Time with Bill Maher is a Talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Russell Simmons (born October 4, 1957 in Queens New York) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist

From October 2005 to April 2006, Ensler toured twenty North American cities with her newest play The Good Body, following engagements on Broadway, at ACT in San Francisco, and in a workshop production at Seattle Repertory Theatre. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Seattle Repertory Theatre is a Tony Award winning regional theatre located in the heart of Seattle, Washington, USA at the Seattle Center. The Good Body addresses why women of many cultures and backgrounds perceive pressure to change the way they look in order to be accepted in the eyes of society.

Ensler's play, The Treatment debuted on September 12, 2006, at the Culture Project in New York City. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the This play explores the moral and psychological trauma that are the result of participation in military conflicts. It stars her step-son, Dylan McDermott. Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott on October 26, 1961) is an American actor known for his role as lawyer and law firm head

Her latest work is the book "Insecure At Last: Losing It In Our Security-Obsessed World" (Villard; Hardcover; October 3,2006). In Insecure At Last, Ensler gives us her first work written exclusively for the printed page. Insecure At Last explores how people live today, the measures people take to keep themselves safe, and how people can experience freedom by letting go of the deceptive notion of "protection. "

Activism

Ensler is a prominent anti-violence activist. In 1998, her experience performing "The Vagina Monologues" inspired her to create V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) V-Day raises funds and awareness through annual benefit productions of "The Vagina Monologues. " In 2008, more than 3,500 V-Day events are taking place in 1250 locations in the U. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common S. and around the world. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $50 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, launched the Karama program in the Middle East, reopened shelters, and funded over 5,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. A public service announcement (PSA or community service announcement (CSA is a non-commercial advertisement broadcast on radio or television ostensibly for the Public The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Vagina, Victory and Valentine. The vagina (from Latin, literally " Sheath " or " Scabbard " is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the Uterus

Ensler has led a writing group since 1998 at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, which was portrayed in What I Want My Words To Do To You. Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women is a Prison in Bedford Hills, Westchester County New York, USA.

She has received awards for her anti-violence work, including the 2002 Amnesty International Media Spotlight Award for Leadership, and the Matrix Award (2002). Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to In October 2002, she was honored as a "Lion of Judah" by the United Jewish Communities. United Jewish Communities (UJC is an American Jewish Umbrella organization representing 155 Jewish Federations and 400 independent Jewish communities [1][2] In May 2003, she received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Middlebury College. Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, United States.

In February 2004, Ensler, alongside Sally Field, Jane Fonda and Christine Lahti, protested to have the Mexican government re-investigate the slayings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juárez, a city along the Texas border. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American two-time Academy Award -winning actress Jane Fonda (born December 21 1937 is an American Academy Award winning Actress, Writer, political activist, former Fashion Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American Emmy Award - and two-time Golden Globe Award -winning actress and Academy Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte.

Ensler is a very close supporter of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) and went to Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA ( Persian: جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان Jamiyat-e Enqelābi-ye Zanān-e The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately She supports Afghani women and has organized many programs for them. She organized one event named the "Afghani Women's Summit For Democracy".

Criticism

The Vagina Monologues includes a section entitled "The Little Coochie Snorcher that Could". This portion of the play, as originally performed, has been criticized for including a lesbian "rape" scene of a 13-year-old girl by a 24-year-old woman who uses alcohol to lower the inhibitions of her victim. [3] At the conclusion of the segment, the narrator (the grown-up thirteen year old girl) fondly reminisces about the rape, claiming that it helped to nurture her and help her grow as a woman, and finishes the play with the line, "If it was rape, it was good rape. " The segment received criticism not only for depicting any rape as "good," but also for forming a double standard, as elsewhere in the play, male-on-female rape is depicted as not only inexcusable but the ultimate act of violence against women.

The scene was modified in later performances; the young girl's age was changed to 16, and the "good rape" line was omitted. The 2001 feminist. com site, which co-ordinated performances, was emphatic that performances for anti-violence/campus events adhere to the new script. It stated, "You must use the version. . . that is included in the Performance Kit that you will receive. No other version of the play is acceptable for your production. Do not use the book of the play or versions of the script from previous College Initiatives. "

Selected works

Plays

Books

Films

External links

"Eve Ensler on "good" bodies and bad politics -Mother Jones [4]

The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting
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