The Vagina Monologues

By: Eve Ensler

Narrated by: Eve Ensler

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities all across America and at hundreds of college campuses, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement - V-Day - to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate, and wise, Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who hears it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.

"I am so pleased to present this just-recorded audio edition of my play for people to hear in America and around the world," Ensler said. "Often during my travels performing and in discussions about The Vagina Monologues, many people have asked me to make a recording so that they could listen to it again and again. With the online introduction coming just before V-Day 2001, it also means a lot to me that the Audible.com sales of The Vagina Monologues will help support the expanding movement to stop violence against women."

Listen to an Interview with Eve Ensler.

©1999 Joan Marcus
Photo Credit: Susan Johann
1998, 2001 by Eve Ensler
(P)2001 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving...it is both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction." (Variety)

Amazing!

Even after all these years….so, so good. Everyone should listen to this production. Sharing with everyone.

The Vagina Monelogues

This was the first time I had heard this, even though I knew About it before. I am a little ambivalent about it, but definitely a good lesson to round you out. It helps to know all sides of the story

Great collection.

Each monologue was interesting, many were funny, many made me stop and think. I really enjoyed the collection and how varied it was in terms of the ages, races and class backgrounds of those discussed. It also included both heterosexual and homosexual essays and never felt biased, to me, toward one or the other.

liz

great book, absolutly loved it, a must read for every woman.

A Woman's Anatomy At Its Best

I loved this book! I was very shocked to learn that some of the women I knew had no idea what their vagina looked like. My question to them was WHY...it's YOURS! Vagina had been such a hush hush topic, that many women will never fully understand the power & beauty of their vagina. This book is candidly wonderful & funny! Bravo!

Best thing ever

You'll start it wondering what this is, and you'll end it wondering what the hell you just listened to, but having so many answers to that question and so many questions for those answers that you brak into whole new territory in the mental experience.

powerful enduring inspirational

Recently became involved with One Billion Rising and their annual international dance to end violence against women and girls.

Heard that this piece was the beginning of the movement and was grateful to find it available here.

loved it!

listening to the writer makes you understand the care, concern and passion in which she wrote it in.

The Vagina Monologues

What an interesting collection of different viewpoints. I am so glad that the person who read the book was the one who actually wrote the book. No other person could have done this.

Enlightening

I feel very enlightened reading this book. Listening to it was even better. I'm seeing the Monologues this weekend at my daughters school in Southern California. She plays a part in the Monologue. I'm proud to be her mom. She is empowering young women and in doing so, empowering me as well!!!