[NEohioPAL]V-Monologues on stage at the Players Guild Theatre

[Players Guild Theatre]

For Immediate Release
Contact: Amy Marie Sima
         330-453-7619
         www.playersguildtheatre.com

                  V-DAY CANTON IS COMING!

V-Day Canton 2004 is a benefit production of Eve Ensler=92s =93The Vagina M=
onologues=94 as part of the V-Day Worldwide Campaign.

ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
at the Players Guild Theatre
on February 7, 2004

Cast to include Sarah Cutlip of Akron, Sadie Grossman of Cleveland Heights,=
 Marci Paolucci of Cuyahoga Falls, Linda Ryan of Akron, Lois Tolley of Nort=
h Canton, Kelly Vrooman of Mansfield and Heather M. Wylie of Canton.

Who: The Players Guild Theatre
What: V-Day Canton 2004, a benefit production of Eve Ensler=92s =93The Vagi=
na Monologues=94
Where: Players Guild Theatre located at 1001 Market Avenue North in the Cul=
tural Center for the Arts, downtown Canton, Ohio 44702.
When: February 7, 2004 at 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $12
Contact: The Players Guild Box Office: 330-453-7617
Goal: To raise awareness to stop violence against women and girls and funds=
 for our beneficiary=97Battered Women Shelter of Stark County
Sponsored by: The Players Guild Theatre

What is V-Day?  V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women a=
nd girls.  V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase aw=
areness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence o=
rganizations.  Through benefit performances of =93The Vagina Monologues,=
=94 unique documentary film projects and innovative gatherings designed to =
change social attitudes toward violence, V-Day generates broader attention =
for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including =
rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery.=
  In its first six years, the V-Day movement has raised over $20 million.  =
The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina.  For more inform=
ation, please visit www.vday.org.


The V-Day Worldwide Campaign invites members of communities around the worl=
d to present benefit productions of =93The Vagina Monologues=94 on or aroun=
d V-Day (February 14th) to raise money and awareness to stop violence again=
st women and girls.  The proceeds from these events are donated directly to=
 local organizations in the community that are working to stop this violenc=
e.  The Worldwide Campaign strives to empower women to find their collectiv=
e voices and demand an end to the epidemic levels of violence and abuse in =
their communities around the world.