Tyler Beveridge
My experience performing in the show this year was wonderful. Apart from providing me with the ability to give voice to women who are often times afraid or unable to speak up about their experiences, the show gave me a way to get to know some amazing women at SCAD Atlanta.
Rehearsals were like coming together with a new family, a family that was nurturing, hilarious, and sometimes had sad moments. As a group of young women, we shared the common bond of being willing to speak our minds, talk openly about the rights all women deserve and express that all women are beautiful.
Being a part of “The Vagina Monologues” was rewarding in many ways. It gave me a new art form to involve and immerse myself in, and it gave me a way to voice the pride I have in being a woman. It took guts to stand in front of a full audience and portray a dominatrix who loved to make women moan. And it took self-esteem — the type of self-esteem every female in this world should have; the kind that lets every woman, model or mom know that they are and will forever be beautiful. I’ll definitely participate in the show next year, and I hope more wonderful, powerful SCAD Atlanta women decide to join in as well.
Allie Jemison
Eve Ensler, playwright for “The Vagina Monologues,” calls the play a “vaginal wonder.” That’s the only way I can describe my experience working on the show. This play deals with sensitive and taboo topics that mesmerize audiences and convey a true love of the female anatomy.
After the first show, I was floored by the amount of spirit and heart that it took for each of the young actresses to portray such captivating experiences. The monologues were so moving for me that I cried. SCAD Atlanta student Shakara Zulu, who played a sex worker with an “angry vagina,” wrote on the VDAY Facebook page,“You ladies ROCKED!!!! Like crazy stupid rocked!!!!”
I realized that through this show, I am more comfortable with myself as a woman and I embrace my curves a little more when I step out of the house. I want the women that have lost a piece of themselves to know that they are not alone and that there are people out there (especially other women) who want to see them strive, smile, conquer and fight.
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