Today, the country of Spain is having a huelga general or general strike. I am not too informed about the details involved but what I do know is that everyone is striking: metro workers, shop keepers, teachers, students, bus drivers, trash men, oh yeah and airports. Donny and I had checked the status of his flight several times and he even made it all the way to Boston, where he was supposed to catch his final Madrid bound flight, when we found out that it had been cancelled. So, instead of arriving this morning as we had hoped he will be here tomorrow morning instead (longest day ever). It could be worse I know, but the initial news was disappointing. Plus side? Time to update my blog. Let's talk about vaginas...
My beloved production of The Vagina Monologues closed last week after we had been working on it since the end of November. Our opening night was Sunday, March 11th, at a community space called La Tabacalera. The turn out was incredible. Before the show started our reservation list was at about 60, in the end we probably had over 200 people attend. After the seats filled up the rest of the audience had to sit on the floor, up the aisles and in front of the stage, once those spaces were full the others chose to stand around the perimeter of the room just to have a chance to see the show. The performance itself went great and everyone had positive things to say. Some people even thought we were professional actresses! On our first night alone we ended up raising almost €1,200.
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| The cast, 12 lovely ladies. Photo Credit: Danny Mendoza |
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| Warming up before the show. Photo Credit: Danny Mendoza |
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| My 'triple orgasm'. Photo Credit: Danny Mendoza |
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| Part of the line to get in! Photo Credit: Danny Mendoza |
Organizing this show is the biggest thing I've ever done. It was an incredible experience, a lot of work, and totally worth it. I'm pleased with how well everything worked out. I'm pleased with our successful turn out, with the people it brought me into contact with, and with the people who came to support us. I've already been dreaming up the possibility of doing something like this again in the future. In the end, after three nights, we raised just about €1,800 or $2,400. All of this will be donated to a woman's organization here in Madrid called Women's Link Worldwide. Here are some links about our production if you'd like to read more.
