Her many plays include the phenomenon, The Vagina Monologues, published in 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries, The Good Body (Broadway and National Tour), In the Body of the World (Off-Broadway), Emotional Creature (Off-Broadway). She is the author of  the recently released best seller, Reckoning, heralded by the Washington Post as “gutting and gorgeous.” And bestselling  books, The Apology, translated into 20 languages,  as well as The New York Times bestseller, I am an Emotional Creature. She is the founder of V-Day and One Billion Rising and co-founder of City of Joy. She’s been named Newsweek’s “150 Women Who Changed the World” and The Guardian’s “100 Most Influential Women.” Her writing regularly appears in The Guardian.

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