translated from Spanish: The “Vagina Monologues”, 2 decades of success in Mexico

Guadalajara, Jalisco.- Unusual, unusual, incredible, relevant, wonderful, magnificent, incomparable, impactful, extraordinary and unrepeatable. Many are the adjectives that can be used to rate the season in Mexico of The Vagina Monologues.
 It was october 19, 2000 when the play premiered in Mexico, in a first season that lasted for 15 years that has made it a historical staging. While it is a theatrical holiday, the importance that this work has had in our country, and throughout the world, goes far beyond its stage triumph.
 When the play was about to premiere, a widespread sense of surprise and even in some circles even annoyance, it was hanging around the audience and the press: who dared to stage a show with such a title?
 Today, after almost two decades, those voices of doubt have been completely silenced and the recognition of the quality of The Vagina Monologues is unanimous. This is, without discussion, a part of the history of Mexican theater.
 7 thousand 321 continuous performances, which accumulated in that unforgettable start, and that place it as the most successful play in the history of theater in our country. Parteaguas, too, because the work marked the beginning of a new stage in the way in which female sexuality was dealt with in the media, and among a very wide sector of the public, not even accustomed to mentioning the word vagina.
 In 2014 it became the first Spanish-spanish play to be open season in New York City, where for two months it materially sold out all the performances in which Mexican actresses Kate del Castillo, Angélica María and Angélica Vale participated, among other interpreters.
Thanks to The Vagina Monologues was instituted in Mexico on V-Day and more recently One Billion Standing, both promoted by the author of the work, Eve Ensler, to combat violence against women and girls around the world.
 In some cities an attempt was made to ban the montage from being submitted, but the quality of the work written by Eve Ensler and directed by Jaime Matarredona was imposed; so the play toured materially throughout the country, and has been presented in at least 150 theaters, inside the Republic.
It premiered on October 19, 2000, with a cast of nine brave women, who agreed to participate in this adventure led by producer Morris Gilbert.
 Today, the list of women who have participated in the work reaches almost 130, including actresses, communicators, singers, sexologists, journalists, dancers, political and social activists.
In the Federal District, the play has had continuous season in seven scenic spaces, in Mexico, more than dozens of theaters in the interior of the country, and one more in New York.
So great is the acceptance it has had in our country and thanks to the public that it has refused to let the work go, The Monologues of the Vagina has been seen by more than a million people who congruent with its social content , has maintained a close relationship with various causes linked to the fight against violence affecting women.
 In February 2004, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in the main activities of Day V.  Women came from different parts of the world, led by the author, Mexican and American actresses from The Vagina Monologues to demand clarification of the femicides that occurred in the region.
On May 9, 2006, a similar event was held at the Telmex Cultural Center, with a special function of the work, in which the entire Mexican cast participated and they had special performances Jane Fonda and Salma Hayek.
 The two decades of season of Los Monólogos de la Vagina go far beyond a mere theatrical success, they are a showcase of the new Mexican culture, which caters to high-quality shows, and that speak to the human being of today about the topics that concern and interest him in charge namente.
This January 31st with a gala function, Los Monólogos de la Vagina will be presented with Angelica Maria, Angelica and Lorena de la Garza at 20:30hrs at the Teatro Galerías. Locations range from $350 to $700 pesos.

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