The culmination of months of rehearsals, cast members spending their Sundays reading monologues at the AP Gianini Auditorium in San Francisco, evenings cleared for individual coaching, selling tickets, soliciting ads for the VDiaries, attending a press conference, a courtwatch, and a workshop -- finally happened at the Herbst Theater last March 31, 2008 when Marily Mondejar gave her welcome speech at the opening of The Vagina Monologues Show, the first of 4 shows for FWN (Filipina Women's Network) this year.

I have done the monologues, both in the New York production in 2006 and in San Francisco last year. And yet last April 2nd, as I sat there in the audience for the first time, the monologues resonated in the theater walls and as if I was hearing it for the first time. The impact was strong and the message was clear: Stop the Violence Against Women and Girls.

I applaud the entire cast and crew of this year's production. You guys did a wonderful job! I am so proud of you!!!

Also, I just wanted to do a shout out to Florante Aguilar and Charmaine Clamor for the wonderful music and singing on the show...just fantastic.


Here are some photos from the show as well as photos from the After Party at Polengs:

















After Party at Polengs: