Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. Charles Isherwood of the New York Times has called The Vagina Monologues probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade.
Ensler was born in New York City, the second of three children of Arthur Ensler, an executive in the food industry, and Chris Ensler. She was raised in the northern suburb of Scarsdale. Her father was Jewish and her mother Christian, and she grew up in a predominantly Jewish community however, Ensler identifies as a Nichiren Buddhist and states that her spiritual practice includes chanting Namu Myh Renge Ky and doing yoga.
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