The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler

Name: The Vagina Monologues
Brand: Eve Ensler
SKU: 9780822217725
Rating: 4.05 (286 reviews)

Off-Broadway

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Highlights

Female

75 minsPresent DayAll WomenExpandable CastingFlexible Cast SizeBare Stage/Simple SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

Winner! 1997 Obie Award for Playwriting

What readers are saying

Readers find The Vagina Monologues to be a powerful and thought-provoking piece that sheds light on women's experiences and the importance of discussing female identity. Many praise its ability to spark conversations about sexuality and violence against women. While most readers appreciate its impact and message, some express concerns regarding its literary depth and the portrayal of women.

Powerful and empowering messageSparks important conversationsHilarious and thought-provokingA must-read for everyoneSome found it lacking depth

Synopsis

An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.”

The Vagina Monologues explores consensual and non-consensual sexual experiences, body image, genital mutilation, direct and indirect encounters with sexual reproduction, vaginal care, menstruation, prostitution, and several other topics through the eyes of women of various ages, races, sexualities and other differences.

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Press Reviews

"If Ms. Ensler is the messiah heralding the second wave of feminism, and a lot of people think she is, it is partly because she’s a brilliant comedian. The audience was overwhelmingly adoring."
— The New York Times

"Ensler, a writer-performer with a good-natured but seriously evangelical mission about this body part, must be enjoying her success in getting the word out on such a legendarily unmentionable, mythologized and misunderstood fact of life."
— New York Newsday

"Ensler breaks taboos by talking, talking and talking some more – stripping fear and shame from what she celebrates here. It makes for quite a party. Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting, and occasionally angry…The Vagina Monologues confronts words to demystify and disarm them. In so doing, Ensler disarms the audience too."
— Associated Press