Sensitive Material: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (2003) : Testimonial 4

Описание: Contains sensitive material.

Patricia describes a childhood experience of witnessing female circumcision in Kenya.

I've often said I did this play for Patricia, who stood up at a meeting in Nairobi which Eve Ensler attended in 2002 before travelling to Narok to open the V-Day Safe House for Girls, as part of her support for Agnes Pareyio's work to end female genital cutting among the Maasai and to add to the resources provided by Agnes's Tasaru Ntomonok Rescue Centre.

I didn't count myself as an activist at the time, but hearing Patricia describe her experience of watching another child held down and "cut" by a drunk circumcisor, with a broken shard of glass, I decided then and there that I would put aside my fears and produce the play for her and more importantly to raise awareness and funds to help bring this practice to an end.

We produced this play in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019, as part of the V-Day Worldwide Campaign, raising awareness and funding for various organisations that are working tirelessly to end violence against Kenyan women and girls.

2003 - INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF KENYA (ISK)

BENEFICIARIES
Anne Ngugi – Women’s Rights Awareness Programme (WRAP)
Agnes Pareiyo – Tasaru Ntomonok Girls’ Rescue Centre

THE CAST
Iddi Achieng’
Truphosa Anjichi
Naomi Brice
Hawa Essuman
Pinky Ghelani
Stephanie Gichau
Lorna Irungu
Ann Kibanya
June Kirubi
Karen Lucas (Kaz)
Betty Wamalwa-Muragori
Charity Mwangi
Kasyoka Mwanzia
Christine Nduati
Cathi Ngugi
Hellen Ngugi
Karimi Njagi
Lupita Nyong’o
Jackie Onsando
Wambui Wamae-Kamiru
Christine Wangari
Patricia Amira

BACKDROPS
Gado
Gakunju Kaigwa

SONGS and MUSIC
Suzzana Owiyo
Kaz
Iddi Achieng'

CREW and BOX OFFICE
Kagwiria Mbogori
Jyoti Thyagarajan
Boniface Kyalo
Hellen Ngugi
Lilyanne Njuguna
Beatrice Hongo
Dorothy Southern
Wangari Kabiru
Angela Njagi
Denise Shepherd-Johnson
Philip Oketch
Telly Savalas Otieno
Iddi Achieng’

HAIR / MAKEUP
Wambui Thuo
Nelly Mshimba
Ruth Wang’ombe
Munira Hyder

MEDIA, LIAISON, PUBLICITY
Lorna Irungu - Siwa Communications
Carolle Mbui - Lowe Scanad

LIGHTING
Keith Pearson
Sammy Mwangi

PHOTOGRAPHY
David Beatty
Justo Casal
Chris Whiteman
Duncan Willets

VIDEOGRAPHER
Nadeem Noordin

FUNDRAISING / LOGISTICS
Philip Oketch


2004 - Directed, Produced by Lorna Irungu

BENEFICIARIES
Gender Recovery Centre at the Nairobi Women's Hospital
Tasaru Ntomonok Girls' Rescue Centre


2005 - KENYA - THE CARNIVORE GROUNDS

BENEFICIARIES
Anne Ngugi – Women’s Rights Awareness Programme (WRAP), Nairobi
Agnes Pareiyo – Tasaru Ntomonok Girls’ Rescue Centre, Narok
Winnie Anyango – Dolphin Anti-Rape Organisation, Kibera

THE CAST
Aimée Ongeso
Alexis Confer
Alice Karunditu
Barbara Munishi
Benta Ochieng’
Betty Muragori
Betty Ngima
Catherine Ngugi
Chrystal Kibukosya
Ebba Kalondo
Gacoki Murigu
Hawa Essuman
Hellen Ngugi
Idi Achieng’ Majuek
Irene Kathukya
Janet Kanini
Janet Onyango
Jemaiyo Chabeda
Jennifer Hull
Joan Okitoi
Joy Owango
Julie Mwamburi
June Gachui
Kaz
Lisa Karanja
Liza Leclerc
Lorna Irungu
Margaret Shava
Martha Wambui
Mercy Mũmbi
Misiko Andere
Mumbi Mungai
Naomi Brice
Njoki Ndung’u
Patricia Amira
Penina Achieng’
Pinky Ghelani
Ruby Gilani
Savane Mwebesa
Sheila Rao
Sippy Chadha
Sonia W Maingi
Stella Maingi
Stephanie Gichau
Susan Mwangi
Suzanne Kibukosya
Suzzane Makena
Tereneh Mosley
Toni Mumbi Kamau
Waithira Mwangi
Wambui Waithaka (Bobo)
Wangari
Wanja Mwangi
Wendy Kasora
Whitney Justin


2005 - UGANDA - BANNED BY THE UGANDA GOVERNMENT!

The money from advance ticket sales was sent to our two beneficiaries, located in northern Uganda. This was a time when Joseph Kony was running wild in the north, kidnapping women and children.

BENEFICIARIES
Kitgum Women Peace Initiative (KIWEPI)
Lira Women Peace Initiative (LIWEPI)

THE CAST/CREW
Rita Aciro-Lakor
Susan Ajok
Julia Bisasso
Elizabeth Kameo
Ednance Kiiza
Prudence Komujinya
Josephine Lubwama
Freda Lwanga
Joy Masaba
Lydia Mbanza
Rachel Mugarura-Mutawa
Maude Mugisha
Sarah Mukasa
Harriet Musoke
Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe
Florence Namutebi
Lady Jemeo Nanyonjo
Jessica Nkuuhe
Doreen Obonyo
Rashida Oketcha
Hawa Osiro
Millicent Richards
Amanda Serumaga
Donna Sherard
Sarah Zawedde
Carol Kamya
Vivian Butamanya
Salomy Nakazzi
Musarait Kashmiri
Belinda Namutebi
Tynah Karungi
Deborah Asiimwe
Harriet Mbalinda
Mary Kamuli
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Carla Sutherland
Deborah Ijsendijk
Sylvia Tamale
Naveed Awan