Tickets for “The Vagina Monologues” have sold-out after six weeks, surprising organizers and leaving the public scrambling for dress rehearsal passes.

Tickets went on sale both at the Sacramento State ticket office and online at www.tickets.com the last week of January.

The three performances of Eve Ensler?s Obie-Award-winning play are slated for the Hinde Auditorium, which seats 175 people.

“We were floored, we were completely unprepared for it,” said Jessica Higgins of the Women?s Resource Center, when asked about student and community interest in the event.

The Center received numerous phone calls from both community members and students looking to get their hands on a ticket to the show, Higgins said.

“Cast members couldn?t even get tickets for their families,” Higgins said.

With a continued demand for tickets, the Women?s Resource Center decided March 4 to open up a dress rehearsal, providing 175 more opportunities to see an informal version of the play on Mar. 14.

“Even the rehearsal is sold-out,” Higgins said.

Tickets to the dress rehearsal were free of charge, but the Women?s Resource Center hopes to earn more proceeds by taking donations at the door.

“Thrilled is not even the word right now,” Higgins said.

The sell-out marks an unprecedented event, according to Women?s Resource Center coordinator Patricia Grady.

“Even when we have co-sponsored events, they have never sold out,” Grady said.

The performances are a part of the 2002 V-DAY college campaign, dedicated to raising money and awareness to stop violence against women.

Planned Parenthood, the Sac State Student Health Center, the SHARE Institute and the Women?s Resource Center will have booths at each performance.

V-DAY, a non-profit organization, is sponsored by corporations such as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Lifetime Television and Liz Claiborne.

One of the goals of the V-DAY college campaign is to empower the future leaders of America.

Due to V-DAY?s policy of a maximum of three performances, no more show dates will be added.

Proceeds from the performances will benefit the Women?s Resource Center and the SHARE Institute.

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