Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview upcoming events to mark your calendars for. It’s sought-after by some, taboo to others and, according to playwright Eve Ensler, empowering to women. Yes, it’s the vagina, the titular star of Ensler’s much-performed play The Vagina Monologues, in which women of different ages and backgrounds perform monologues on the ins, outs, ups and downs of possessing the almighty va-jay-jay.
In “My Angry Vagina,” a woman rants about injustices like tampons and OB/GYN tools. In “The Little Coochie Snorter That Could,” a woman fondly recalls being 16, when she had a sexual encounter with an older woman. And “Reclaiming Cunt” celebrates the repressed loveliness of the C-word. (Pictured: Bonnie Agan, Magali Naas, Brandii Edwards and Jessica Alexander) May 28-29, 7 and 9 p.m. Fri.-Sat, American Stage, 163 Third St. N, St. Petersburg, “pay what you can admission” at the door, $20 in advance, americanstage.org. —Andrew Silverstein
This article appears in May 20-26, 2010.