BCCC's ‘The Vagina Monologues' To Benefit A Woman's Place

NEWTOWN, PA — A benefit production of "The Vagina Monologues" will be performed at Bucks County Community College's Newtown campus later this month as a fundraiser for A Woman’s Place.

The performance is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Zlock Performing Arts Center.

"The Vagina Monologues" is an Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone which introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and many others, according to a performance description from the college.

It will be directed by Margo O’Moore.

"This dramatically funny, tender, provocative and ultimately political play is a series of interviews with a diverse group of over 200 women, offering new perspectives on the complexities of growing up female and the hurdles women face in overcoming misogynist conceptions of the female body," the college said in its event announcement.

There will be a post-performance discussion about with representatives from A Woman’s Place, a shelter for abused women.

Tickets for "The Vagina Monologues" are $10 general admission and $5 for students, with all proceeds benefiting A Woman’s Place.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.bucks.edu/tickets or at the door.

The Zlock Performing Arts Center is located in the Gateway Center building on the campus at 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown.

The Vagina Monologues is presented in conjunction with “And this is how you are a citizen…”, an exhibition at the college’s Hicks Art Center Gallery through March 12 that explores gender identity and citizenship. Other related events are a poetry reading March 6, and “Creatrix – A Celebration of Women Composers” March 11.

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