Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Springers have roles in Dayton play


Dayton area actresses Marva Williams, Christina Fern, Adrienne Chesire, Rani Deighe Crowe (director) and Annie Branning laugh at "The Vagina Workshop" monologue performed by Yellow Springs resident Corrine Bayraktaroglu.


Corrine Bayraktaroglu performs as director and YS Telephone Booth Spoon River Saga creator Rani Deighe Crowe looks on.



Former YS resident Adrienne Chesire performs while Rani Deighe Crowe and Annie Branning wait their turn at the mic.

A local production of "The Vagina Monologues" was staged Sunday, February 14, by V-Day Dayton 2010 at Therapy Cafe, located at 452 E. 3rd Street in Dayton. The event is a global movement to end violence against women and girls and raise funds and awareness through benefit productions of playwright/founder Eve Ensler's award-winning play. The event raised over $1400, 10% of which will go to V-Day 2010 Spotlight cause which is preventing violence against women in the Congo, and the rest will go to Artemis Center, the domestic violence resource agency in Dayton.

Note: Wright State University has rescheduled their V-Day performances which were cancelled due to inclimate weather. On Sunday, February 21, "The Vagina Monologues" will be performed at the Student Union Apollo Room at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and will feature Yellow Springer Amanda Turner. At 4:30 p.m., Eve Ensler's second ground-breaking collection of monologues entitled "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer" will be performed. Tickets on sale at the Student Union Box Office: $5 in advance for students; $7 in advance for non-students; $10 at the door. Visit http://www.wright.edu/women for more information. Proceeds will go to the Wright State University Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Fund.

Photos by Susan Gartner

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1 comment:

jafabrit said...

Much thanks to Susan for taking all these GREAT pics and to you for posting them. I am so proud to have worked with these women and helped raise money for the cause.