VIVIENNE VERDON-ROE, LYSISTRATA PROJECT-MAUI

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: : > : > Dear Friends : > : > Please excuse this group email. I heard about a World-Wide : > Theatre Event for Peace. A modern version of the Greek play, : > LYSISTRATA, is happening as a staged reading in over 600 cities in 40 : > countries on March 3rd, 2003, including on Maui! I love these peace : > events that are happening in many places at the same time -- peace : > marches, photos, and now peace plays. It feels like we're part of a : > global brain (a smart one!) that's coming to life. : > : > So, I thought it would be a blast to audition. I was astonished : > to get the lead. Yes, I'm playing Lys herself! Ironic, since : > encouraging women to take their power has been a central theme in my : > life (certainly in my film that won the Oscar). It's amazing how : > something written 3000 years ago is so appropriate today!? And it's : > funny too. So, come be entertained and support Maui peace : > organizations at the same time. A flier below has all the : > information. Please email it to friends. Thanks so much for your : > help, and I hope to see you next Monday! : > : > Love vivienne : > : > : > LYSISTRATA PROJECT: MAUI ANNOUNCEMENT : > : > : > : > : > : > : > LYSISTRATA PROJECT : > http://www.LysistrataProject.com : > : > Activists Worldwide Use Ancient Play to Address Current Crisis : > : > Public Readings of Lysistrata in 40 Countries Condemn War in Iraq : > : > : > : > On March 3, 2003, the Lysistrata Project will present worldwide : > readings of : > Aristophanes' ancient Greek bawdy anti-war comedy Lysistrata. To date, : > 679 : > play readings are scheduled in 40 countries to voice opposition to the : > war : > in Iraq; those numbers increase hourly. Readings will raise money for : > local : > charities working for peace. : > : > On Maui, Lysistrata will be presented in a dramatic reading by local : > actors : > (including Risa & Robert Whiting, "Best Actors" in the 2002 Maui News : > poll : > and R. K. Harper, a member of the local theatre company, Talking : > Story: Any : > Kine Stuff and currently appearing in "Tartuffe: Born Again") at the : > historic Iao Theatre at 7:30 p.m. : > Admission is free with suggested donations at $10 per ticket : > : > Lysistrata tells the story of women from opposing states who unite to : > end a : > war by refusing to sleep with their husbands until the men agree to lay : > down their swords. Powerless in their society and distraught over too : > many : > of their children being slaughtered in battle, the women take the only : > tactic available to them: they withhold sex. : > : > Fast-forward 2,400 years: swords are now weapons of mass destruction. : > Faced with the prospect of massive loss of human life ,both Iraqi and : > American , Lysistrata Project participants world-wide take a new : > tactic and add their voices to the mounting clamor of global anti-war : > protests. : > : > You can be a part of the largest coordinated theatrical peace : > demonstration : > in the planet's history. Come to the show (and tell your friends)! : > : > : > Contacts: : > Nadine Newlight 573-7730 nadine@paradiseretreat.com : > Ed Jor-El Elkin 879-1103 : > edelkin@aol.com : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : > : > : > : >

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