You might expect that the premiere of a new play by Eve Ensler, creator of the Vagina Monologues and founder of the mass action movement One Billion Rising, would be a major event.
Eve Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues," noted a ratio of men to women at TED heavily weighted to people not involved in such discourses (she was one of seven female speakers of 45 at the conference).
An overwrought amalgam of psychodrama and political sermonizing, this misbegotten production does little credit to Ms. Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues," or to her unfortunate collaborators, the director Leigh Silverman ("Well") and the actors Dylan McDermott and Portia.
Ms. Ensler, the creator of "The Vagina Monologues," the Obie Award-winning play that is both a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation, gets this sort of attention all the time; strangers bare their souls, acquaintances give her bear hugs.
"What is it about women getting raped that isn't grabbing people's imagination, isn't seizing people's conscience or isn't getting people to stand up?" asked writer and activist Eve Ensler, creator of 'The Vagina Monologues' and V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
My fear of the monologue proved to be ill-founded.
Karen is the author of The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors, How to Choose a Monologue for Any Audition, The Monologue Audition Teacher's Manual, and the director/producer/writer of The Monologue Audition Video (DVD).
Does the character change over the course of the monologue?
Read through the actual text of the monologue.
Respond to text of the monologue and what "feels" natural.
