Abby Wimberley
  • Theatre Arts
  • Class of 2019
  • Independence, MO

Wimberley Joins the V-Day Campaign

2015 Jan 19

Abigail Wimberley has joined fellow Central Methodist University students, faculty and staff in the V-Day 2015 College and Community Campaign. Wimberley is taking part in CMU's benefit reading of Eve Ensler's award winning play, The Vagina Monologues. The performances will take place on Thursday and Friday Feb. 5-6 at 7:30 pm in the Little Theatre.

Wimberley is a Theatre Arts major from Independence.

Admission is free but donations are suggested and appreciated. All donations will benefit the True North Shelter, a Columbia group that offers services to victims of domestic and sexual violence.

Under the direction of Dr. Annette Van, the cast is comprised of female only CMU students, faculty, and staff members. The student cast members include: Briana Greer, a physical education major from Barrington Hills, Ill.; Kaitlyn Klapperich, a communication studies major from Wasilla, Alaska; Bailey Brown, an English major from Joplin, Mo.; Jacquelyn Hoffman, a nursing major from Naperville, Ill.; Abigail Wimberley, a theatre arts major from Independence, Mo.; Rachel Richard, a music education major from Eldon, Mo.; and Britney Kelcher from Fayette, Mo.

The faculty and staff cast members include: Dr. Annette Van, Dr. Kavita Hatwalkar, Cathy Thogmorton, Kate Kellner, and Jessica Travlos.

Ensler's play is based on a compilation of true stories told by women about vaginas. The play includes topics and language that may be offensive to some and is recommended for a mature audience. CMU encourages researching The Vagina Monologues prior to attending the production.

The Vagina Monologues are a part of a global activist movement called V-Day. Its goal is to help put an end to violence against women and girls through benefit productions of Ensler's play and other creative works.

The V-Day movement has raised over $120 million; educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it; crafted international educational, media and public service announcement campaigns; reopened shelters; and funded over 13,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt, and Iraq.

V-Day has received numerous acknowledgements and awards and is, one of the top rated organizations on both Charity Navigator and Guidestar. V-Day's most recent global campaign, ONE BILLION RISING, galvanized over one billion women and men on a global day of action towards ending violence against women and girls.

For more information about V-Day Central Methodist University, contact Dr. Annette Van at avan@centralmethodist.edu. To learn more about V-Day and its campaigns visit www.vday.org.