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EVE PERFORMS THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
IN HAVANA FOR CUBAN DEBUT
OF THE PLAY
Las Artes Escenicas invited playwright Eve Ensler to perform The
Vagina Monologues at El Café Teatro Bertolt Brecht in Havana, for
its Cuban debut. Eve took the stage for a very special three-show
performance 28-29 October during the 16th International Theater
Festival of Havana. During her visit, Eve met with Cuban women
leaders and grassroots activist groups including Mariela Castro Espín,
the Director of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX),
Lizette Vila Espina of Proyecto Palomas, and Rochy Ameneiro, well
known Cuban singer and director of Todas Contracorriente, together
with members of the network of artists of UNETE.