Dawson Tapped to Direct Ensler's 'I Am an Emotional Creature' Benefit, 2/5

Rosario Dawson has agreed to direct a star-studded reading of Eve Ensler's new book, "I Am an Emotional Creature." The reading will take place as a benefit for V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. The cast for the benefit will include ennifer and Peter Buffett, Eve Ensler, Cynthia Nixon, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, and David Stone and V-Board members Rosario Dawson, Beth Dozoretz, Donna Karan, Katherine McFate, Pat Mitchell, Cari Ross, and Kerry Washington.

The event will feature readings performed by teen girls, including Samantha Mozes and girls from V-Girls pilot sites in New York City - the Harvey Milk High School at the Hetrick Martin Institute, the Young Women's Leadership School, and the Lower East Side Girls Club.

Ensler's newest work, I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, chronicles the struggle of girls everywhere to overcome the obstacles, threats, and pressures that rob them of their originality and power. The piece is a celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be.

Ticket information for the event are as follows:

$100 - 1 ticket general seating

$1000 - 1 premier seat in front section of house, free book, plus entrance to the intimate VIP after reception with Eve Ensler, Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Donna Karan and more, acknowledgment in program

$2,500 - 1 premier seat further in front of house, free book, plus entrance to the intimate VIP after reception with Eve Ensler, Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Donna Karan and more, acknowledgment in program

$5,000 - 1 premier seat in front row, free book, plus entrance intimate VIP after reception with Eve Ensler, Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Donna Karan and more, acknowledgment in program, 2 tickets to the afternoon dress rehearsal

The benefit will take palce Friday, February 5th at 7:30pm at the Urban Zen Center at Stephan Weiss Studio, 711 Greenwich Street at Charles Street. Tickets may be purchased online at www.v-day.org.

V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award winning play The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works.