This is a V-Day 2010 Campaign Event to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls.

Join us as we unite to fight violence against women and girls. Eve Ensler (author of the Vagina Monologues) brings to the stage inspirational words from the experiences of young girls and women around the world. Ashé Cultural Arts Center is proud to partner with VDAY to present these theatrical works of art.

BENEFIT PRODUCTION OF "I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE"
Friday & Saturday, April 9 & 10, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 3:30 p.m.
Ashé Cultural Arts Center - $15
Based on the best-selling book by author and internationally acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler, these fictional monologues and stories are based on topics garnered from girls around the world. The young actors--all female--are between the ages of 14 and 19, and will perform selected monologues written by Ensler. The production is directed by Asali N. DeVan. For more information about the book and V-Girls, visit www.v-girls.org/book.php. Proceeds benefit Crescent House and Liberty House. For more information, call (504) 569-9070.


BENEFIT PRODUCTION OF A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT, AND A PRAYER: Writings to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls
Friday & Saturday, April 9 &10, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
Ashé Cultural Arts Center - $15
This is “a groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch, even a put-down.” Selected monologues feature the writing of: Elizabeth Lesser, Mollie Doyle, Nicholas D. Kristof, Christine House, Winter Miller, Edwidge Danticat, Tariq Ali, Betty Gale Tyson (with Jerry Capers,) Robin Morgan, Alice Walker, Dave Eggers, Anna Deavere Smith, Maya Angelou, Susan Miller and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. Performers include Tuere Burns-Jones, Keshia “Peaches” Caldwell, Frederick “Hollywood” Delahoussaye, Kesha McKey, Annette McGee, Valerie McMillian, Star Moffett, Giselle Nakhid, Valentine Pierce, Asia Rainey, Annie Bell Robertson, Aneela Shuja, Sha’Condria “Icon” Sibley and Karel Sloane-Boekbinder. The production is directed by Asali N. Devan. Michaela Harrison is the assistant and musical director. Proceeds benefit Crescent House and Liberty House. For more information call Karel Sloane-Boekbinder at (504) 569-9070.

Further information about V-Day can be found at www.vday.org.