For the second consecutive year, Florence International Theatre Company (FITC) will stage a series of events dedicated to the worldwide movement to end violence against women, V Day. FITC will again perform the Vagina Monologues, this year with a new director, Broadway performer Gina Lamparella, and a new cast of over 30 Florentine residents and international students currently in Florence. This will be a bilingual performance, with corresponding subtitles in both English and Italian.
10 percent of the profits from the FITC V-DAY productions and workshop will be donated to the V-DAY movement for its work in helping the women and girls of Congo. Another 20 percent of the shows’ profits will be donated to local antiviolence center Associazione Artemisia.
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
In Italian and English with corresponding subtitles
March 8, 9, 10 at 9 pm
Teatro di Cestello, Florence
Tickets, €15, with a percentage of donations going to V-Day 2010 to fight violence against women.
Tickets can be purchased at: Paperback Exchange, via delle Oche 4/R; via email at info@florencetheatre.com; or at the theatre the night of the show.
A fun and contemporary cultural alternative to Florence’s late-night scene is provided by Rod Ben Zev and his partner Ben Silburn from Amsterdam’s world of professional improv. On March 9 and 10 at 11 pm.
For further information:
ph.: +39 055/213788
email: http://www.florencetheatre.com/
