The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women initially, Eve Ensler (the author of the Vagina Monologues performed every monologue herself, with subsequent performances featuring three actresses, and more recent versions featuring a different actress for every role. Every monologue somehow relates to the vagina, be it through sex, love, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the variety of names for the vagina, or simply as a physical aspect of the female body. A recurring theme throughout the piece is the vagina as a tool of female empowerment, and the ultimate embodiment of individuality.
· The set was nothing spectacular. The actor’s simple performed monologues on the stage.
· The costumes were really costume; just people in street clothes. They really didn’t help with identity, or didn’t give a distinction to the characters on stage.
· The lightning and sound......
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