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 Entertainment | June 2006 
Producer Morris Gilbert Says 'The Vagina Monologues' has Opened Mexicans' Minds
 AP
| | Eve Ensler - Obie Award-winning playwright of The Vagina Monologues and Necessary Targets - initiated V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women. Her other plays include Lemonade, The Depot, Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man, Extraordinary Measures, Ladies, and Scooncat. |
Mexico City - The Vagina Monologues has filled theatres here for nearly five years because it encourages self-acceptance for women in a country where men still wield most of the power, says Mexican theatre producer Morris Gilbert.
"This play particularly opens the minds of people in Mexico," Gilbert told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "It's a very liberating play."
Last month, Gilbert hosted Salma Hayek and Jane Fonda in a benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues.
"It was an enchanting experience - impressive, moving - and I learned a lot from her," Gilbert said of working with Fonda. "Most of us unfortunately in this lifetime never worry about anyone but ourselves, and the fact that she is not this way is a big lesson."
In his 30 years as a producer, Gilbert has brought musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Chicago from Broadway to Mexican theatres. He has eight productions now on Mexico City stages.
His theatre career began in 1975 with a minor acting role in Noel Coward's Design for Living, but he quickly moved backstage, producing his first play at 22. |
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