Following soldout February performances in Sequim’s Olympic Theatre Arts, the Port Angeles Community Players host an encore presentation of “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend.
Eve Ensler’s play begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 22-23, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 24, with the same cast, Alexandria Edouart, Jennifer Sies and Maggie McDougal, the same director Sharon DelaBarre and the same show.
“The first thought that comes to mind when you hear the title is not humor, but this play is truly humorous!” DelaBarre said. “Yes, it does ask us to take a look, a real look, at what it is to be a woman — the good, the bad and, yes, the ugly — but in a funny, insightful way. Granted, not all the monologues are funny. A couple do force us to look at some realities that are not pleasant but unfortunately true.”
OTA and the PA Players’ partnership began after soldout shows prevented some people from attending. OTA’s full schedule wouldn’t allow for another production, but the Players’ did.
“We are excited to welcome this production to our stage,” said PA Players board president Barbara Frederick. “It got great raves at OTA and it is a testament to how these women feel about this play that they were thrilled at the chance to do it again.”
DelaBarre thinks there is something that everyone who sees the play will take away from it, but “one thing I hope you will come away with is a feeling of sisterhood. There is freedom in knowing that one is not alone in what we all may have felt, questioned, worried about or lived through. We have all traveled down that road as we grow from young girls to older women.” She added that the play also could help men understand a bit more about women.
Tickets are $10 each and available at Odyssey Bookshop, 114 W. Front St., Port Angeles, or at the door of the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Boulevard. Pre-purchasing tickets is encouraged.
The Community Players are scheduled to replace the theater’s 90-year-old seats with proceeds from this production benefiting the project.
