FRUIT TRILOGY
In this pivotal moment when women around the world have risen up to tell their stories
and stand up against violence, Eve’s timely Fruit Trilogy is three short plays that give a
voice to defiant, ordinary women: Pomegranate — two women for sale, another morning
on the shelf; Avocado — a young woman on her chaotic, shocking journey toward
freedom; and Coconut — from the bliss of her bathroom, a woman connects with the
one thing she has never fully owned ... her body. Woven together with dark humor and
heightened theatricality, Fruit Trilogy explores the humanity behind the headlines.
CRITICS CALLED THE PLAY -
“SPELLBINDING,” “FEROCIOUS,” “MIRACULOUS” and “FEARLESS”
TALKBACKS PRODUCED BY V-DAY
V-Day was thrilled to host a talkback series after select
performances, led by activists, artists, and thinkers;
participating in discussions surrounding the play’s central
themes on the commodification and ownership of women’s
bodies along with returning to and learning to love the
body. Talkbacks featured:
Jennifer Buffett, Novo Foundation Co-President and V-Day
Board Member, along with Eve Ensler, Playwright (The
Vagina Monologues, Fruit Trilogy) and Founder of V-Day
and One Billion Rising.
Liz Mikel, film/TV/theater actor, singer and one of the
stars of Fruit Trilogy, on her role in the play, art and
activism, and Jennifer Baumgardner, Feminist writer,
filmmaker, activist, and Executive Director/Publisher
of the Feminist Press.
Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director of the Coalition Against
Trafficking in Women, moderated a conversation with
representatives from Sanctuary (Lori Cohen) and GEMS
(Rachel Lloyd) - all leaders on the front lines in the fight to
end sex trafficking, and who serve and support survivors
every day.
Jerin Arifa, activist who spearheaded the sexual assault
policy for the third largest university in the U.S., while
undocumented, and Regena Thomashauer, teacher and
author and founder of Mama Gena’s School of Womanly
Arts, on the themes of the body, ownership, and of loving
one’s body raised in the play.
And for the closing night, Eve did a talkback with
director Mark Rosenblatt!