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Proceeds from a UW-La Crosse production of “The Vagina Monologues” will benefit two La Crosse area outreach programs. UW-L’s Women’s Studies Student Association and women from the La Crosse community will perform “The Vagina Monologues” at 4 and 7 p.m., Saturday, April 12, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Proceeds from the event will go to New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers in La Crosse and UW-L’s Self Sufficiency Program. Sara Erickson, a UW-L sophomore and member of WSSA, calls the production “empowering.” It will feature community actresses who range in age from 18-65. “We want people to come and see what it’s like to be a woman and see what we go through on a day-to-day basis,” says Erickson. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each production with live music from local artist Irene Jr. Keenan. Tickets are $5 for seniors and students and $7 for others. Call 608.785.8877 to purchase tickets or visit the Cartwright Center Information Desk. T-Shirts will also be available at the final production for $15. Women’s activist Eve Ensler wrote “The Vagina Monologues,” a play that has been translated into more than 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries. She interviewed more than 200 women for the production, which discuss the struggles, humor and reality that come along with being a woman. If you go — What: The Vagina Monologues When: 4 and 7 p.m., Saturday, April 12 Where: Valhalla, UW-L Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition Tickets: $5 for seniors and students; $7 for others. Call 608.785.8877 to purchase or visit the Cartwright Center Information Desk