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Various high school percussion ensembles play for judges in a competative event coordinated by URI classical percussion instructor, Dr. Kyle Forthoff. It's free and open to the public.Snow date: March 2 at 12pm

Written 27 years ago, The Vagina Monologues is based on writer V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) “Vagina Interviews” conducted with 200 women all around the world. The play is a compilation of monologues performed by various women that address the issues of violence against women, rape, domestic violence, and genital mutilation. The play is unorthodox and at times shocking.All proceeds will benefit the Women’s Center and the Gender and Sexuality Center. Your support will help these centers continue their critical work in fostering a community focused on gender equity, free from violence and oppression. Their core values include creating a campus culture where all individuals feel valued and safe and contributing to an environment where everyone is empowered to embrace and express their authentic selves.The Vagina Monologues contains references to sexual assault and violence, sexually explicit material, and language that could be offensive to some. Viewer discretion is advised.If you need reasonable accommodation or have a question about accessing this event, please call 401.874.2097 at least five business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711.

The Vagina MonologuesPresented by the URI Women’s Center and the Gender and Sexuality CenterFebruary 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. March 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.The URI community has been performing the Vagina Monologues for over 20+ years. Join us for this year’s performance!Written 27 years ago, Vagina Monologues is based on writer V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) “Vagina Interviews” conducted with 200 women all around the world. The play is a compilation of monologues performed by various women that address the issues of violence against women, rape, domestic violence, and genital mutilation. The play is unorthodox and at times shocking.Visit URInvolved for complete event details and to RSVP.

A stunning, new translation of Euripides' play by a poet and classicist Anne Carson. Carson writes, "Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. Bakkhai is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration."

URI artist teacher mezzo-soprano Caroline O'Dwyer and bass-baritone Devon Russo present three unique vocal chamber works that explore the interplay between Western Classical Music and Greek Mythology:Joseph Haydn’s secular cantata Arianna a Naxos (1789) depicts the Theseus myth from his lover Ariadne’s point of view, after she finds herself deserted by Theseus on the island of Naxos. It explores themes of love, trauma, and abandonment as well as the inherent dangers of what Joseph Campbell calls the “hero’s ego” ; Jonathan Dove’s one-act opera L’altra Euridice (2001) tells the traditional Orpheus myth with its universal themes of love, death and the power of music, but in a radically altered account of the transpiring events, reversing Orpheus’ and Plutone’s roles as hero and villain ; Benjamin Britten’s dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano, Phaedra (1976), revisits the Theseus myth from his wife, Phaedra’s point of view, exploring themes of lust, desire, despair, and moral virtue. Originally composed for mezzo-soprano and a small orchestra, this will be performed in a version for voice, piano, and percussion.Featuring:David Gilliland (piano, harpsichord) Kyle Forsthoff (percussion) Joe Bentley (bass) Jane Murray (oboe) Luis Viquez Cordoba (conductor)