http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRC5B13bIeY

IN THE PINK took almost 3 months with writing, planning, editing, organising and rehearsals.

This weekend 4 performances took place in the Ivy Falls Theater in Second Life. And every performance was well attended – with around 90 persons on the sim per each things got laggy – but the sim did not crash and performances went smooth despite the continuing crashes of some of the actresses.

Comments of the audience regarding the shows were all positive and people regarded this show as an extraordinary piece of work: moving, touching, sad, humorous, enlightning, inspiring.

Performances ended with the reading of Eve Ensler’s letter “Welcome to the Wetlands”, an invitation for V-Day’s mega two-day anniversary celebration in New Orleans at the New Orleans Arena and Louisiana Superdome on April 11-12, 2008 – V TO THE TENTH.

And the first official article on IN THE PINK can be found online already:

www.slnn.com

Showtime this weekend for IN THE PINK in SL:

Saturday, March 8: 1:30 pm SLT and 5:30 pm SLT
Sunday, March 9:     2:30 pm SLT and 6:30 pm SLT

Location: Ivy Falls – Theater, Ivy Falls (88, 103, 70)

First come, first serve – so please make sure you get to the theater early enough.

Hope to see you there!

You may also look up the following  links:

http://www.rikomatic.com/

http://nonprofitcommons.org/

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/03/riks-second-lif.html#more   (please scroll down to March 8th)

“IN THE PINK” celebrates the strength of women, exploring sexuality and what it means to be a woman in real life and on Second Life. The diverse collection of voices and actors guarantees a unique and highly entertaining experience in both theater and in Second Life, as well as an opportunity to contribute to organizations that support programs that free women from violence. The play will be performed by avatars from all over the world using voice and backed by slides, offering insight and provoking discussion.

This extraordinary exploration and performance is under the direction of Calliope Delgado and producers Lauren Weyland, Rekka Berchot and ToryLynn Writer, with the assistance of members from ActUp Theatre Company, Virtual Light Studies, INKsters, the Written Word and many other groups in Second life.

For further info please contact in-world any of the above mentioned or look for SL VDay in the search.

http://metanetworknews.tv/content/view/53/52/

Late last week, the V-Day organization rescinded permission to mount
two live performances of the controversial piece in-world, due to
concerns over possible breaches of international performance rights.

SL’s production of the “Vagina Monologues”, the first of its kind for
V-Day, was to have raised funds for its campaign to end violence
against women.

Despite the setback, SL Producers and cast members have rallied,
unanimously deciding to present a new play to support V-Day… albeit
in altered format.

“In the Pink”, penned in part by women of Second Life, and
incorporating an extract from the “Vagina Monologues”, is currently in
production. It will feature V-Day’s tenth anniversary “Spotlight
Monologue”, a salute to the women of New Orleans.

“Clearly we’re disappointed  ”, says Director Calliope Delgado. “But
we’re overwhelmed by the strong support already shown by the residents
of Second Life, and our mission continues to be to raise funds for V-Day.org
V-Day has agreed that we may continue to use their logos in
our production and fundraising efforts.  They have also agreed that we
may use  ”Welcome to the Wetlands” and letter from Eve Ensler in our
production to promote V-day in New Orleans later this year.”

“In the Pink” will celebrate the  strength of women everywhere and
call attention to the problem of violence against women,”  she said.
“It will be our take on female sexuality and what it means to be a
woman, in RL and SL.”

Production of “In The Pink” is well underway, with performances slated
for early March 2008.  Information on venues and ticketing will be
released soon.