Article: 'Vagina Monologues' writer recalls motivation for effort in Boston U. speech

Susanna Vagman
University Wire
03-23-2001
(The Daily Free Press) (U-WIRE) BOSTON -- The creator of "The Vagina Monologues," Eve Ensler, spoke Thursday at Boston University about the origins of her play and how the power of theater can affect people and their attitudes.

"I've had two shows here so far, and Boston is extremely vagina friendly," Ensler said.

"The 'Vagina Monologues' have been an incredible gift. ... It's been hard as a political playwright, but somehow it has caught commercial success. One of the reasons is I based 'Vagina Monologues' on interviews. ... I put those stories out there and people found themselves."

One of the first women she talked to said her mother called it a ...

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