Article: A chorus of local women join in to stage `Vagina Monologues'.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: Terry Byrne

The actors run their lines, go over some dance steps, listen to the director's comments. It's a typical theater rehearsal, except for one thing. Instead of observing objectively, I am frantically trying to memorize my lines and looking for my "motivation."

I am NOT an actress. Worse. I'm a critic. But on Feb. 5 at John Hancock Hall, I will make my Boston stage debut in "The Vagina Monologues."

The production is a benefit for Newton-basedSecond Step, which offers transitional housing, therapy, support and jobtraining to survivors of domestic violence. One of only three such centers in Massachusetts, Second Step is a lifeline ...

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