2008 Woodie Awards
'The Vagina Monologues'
Katherine J. White
Issue date: 4/11/07 Section: News
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God. Water. Sweet ginger. Sweat. Damp moss. Wet garbage. Something between fish and lilacs. The beginning.
These potent words are used to describe the vagina and its smell by characters in Eve Ensler's play "The Vagina Monologues."
The play was performed in Bakersfield College's Indoor Theatre March 29-31 as part of BC's Women's History Month and was a special salute to the internationally acknowledged V-Day. The play was directed by BC's Kimberly Chin.
"The Vagina Monologues" was produced at BC in conjunction with the organization Lipstick Mafia as well as the Bakersfield College Theatre Club and BC's Alumni Club.
This play was meant to be the final assault upon unenlightened sexists during a month-long attempt to cease global violence against women and to raise awareness of women's issues.
During the final rehearsal for the controversial play, one of the ensemble cast, a red-haired, sweater and flip-flop-wearing cast member (Staci Aguilar), whose character remains nameless, suddenly stood up on a black draped, makeshift bench on the stage and vociferously reclaimed the infamous epithet typically wielded against women by pugnacious men and sometimes by other women.
"Cunt! Cunt! Cunt! C'mon! Say it! Cunt! Cunt!" she shouted at the rest of the cast, and they thereupon jumped up, rushed to the forefront of the stage, yelling in unison, "Cunt!"
Cunt! Cunt!" The cast hurled the word at the imaginary audience, inviting them to reclaim the word along with them.
"Say it like you're screaming for your favorite football team," shouted Gene Goff, BC student and light operator for the show, from his seat in the audience. "Say it like you're screaming for your favorite Chippendale's!" he hollered and then laughed. Goff, sitting with a copy of the play in his lap for the duration of the last rehearsal, periodically yelled out missed lines for the actors.
Director Chin then triggered the music cue from a boom box and the cast danced back to their bench. Another member of the cast (Colleen Melton) rose up and calmly delivered a monologue about the rapes of Bosnian women during captivity.
These potent words are used to describe the vagina and its smell by characters in Eve Ensler's play "The Vagina Monologues."
The play was performed in Bakersfield College's Indoor Theatre March 29-31 as part of BC's Women's History Month and was a special salute to the internationally acknowledged V-Day. The play was directed by BC's Kimberly Chin.
"The Vagina Monologues" was produced at BC in conjunction with the organization Lipstick Mafia as well as the Bakersfield College Theatre Club and BC's Alumni Club.
This play was meant to be the final assault upon unenlightened sexists during a month-long attempt to cease global violence against women and to raise awareness of women's issues.
During the final rehearsal for the controversial play, one of the ensemble cast, a red-haired, sweater and flip-flop-wearing cast member (Staci Aguilar), whose character remains nameless, suddenly stood up on a black draped, makeshift bench on the stage and vociferously reclaimed the infamous epithet typically wielded against women by pugnacious men and sometimes by other women.
"Cunt! Cunt! Cunt! C'mon! Say it! Cunt! Cunt!" she shouted at the rest of the cast, and they thereupon jumped up, rushed to the forefront of the stage, yelling in unison, "Cunt!"
Cunt! Cunt!" The cast hurled the word at the imaginary audience, inviting them to reclaim the word along with them.
"Say it like you're screaming for your favorite football team," shouted Gene Goff, BC student and light operator for the show, from his seat in the audience. "Say it like you're screaming for your favorite Chippendale's!" he hollered and then laughed. Goff, sitting with a copy of the play in his lap for the duration of the last rehearsal, periodically yelled out missed lines for the actors.
Director Chin then triggered the music cue from a boom box and the cast danced back to their bench. Another member of the cast (Colleen Melton) rose up and calmly delivered a monologue about the rapes of Bosnian women during captivity.
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