The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler Cast

Gayle is happy to be back on The Ooley Stage...actually she's happy to be on almost ANY stage but the Ooley was the first after a 17 year hiatus, so it has a special spot in her heart. The Vagina Monologues is her first play of 2026 and she couldn't be more excited to start the year off than with such a creative and emotionally charged and challenging production! Favorite performances include As You Like It, The Book of Will, Angel County, Ephemera, and String of Pearls. Much love and thanks to Riley, the cast, crew, her family and friends for their support. She thanks you for seeing the show and hopes you enjoy the ride.

Eleni Goetze (She/They) Eleni is ecstatic to be a part of The Vagina Monologues. She is currently a Film and Media Studies major at Cosumnes River College. There, they have written and directed both their short film debut, Samhain, and their original play, Iphigenia. Most recently, she has been a part of Experimental Quickies: A Queer Art Play Festival. Every summer, Eleni dances as part of the Elk Grove’s annual Strauss Festival. With her art, she hopes to help people recognize the humanity in others that are different from them. She would like to thank her family and friends for always coming out to support her artistic endeavors.

Sarah Palmero isxglad to be performing with the Women's Theatre's Festival again. Women's History Month has always been important to her, especially given that she was born on International Women's Day, March 8th. She's delighted that she gets to celebrate t ecit he tree again this year. She was most recently seen as one of the mice in THE NUTCRACKER: THE PANTO at City College and O.G. howland/Tsauwiat in MEN ON BOATS at Big Idea Theatre.

Hester has a B.A. Theatre Arts from University of the South, M.A. in Educational Theatre from NYU. She has taught theatre and film all over the world, and is currently the Senior Director of Media, Film and Art for Futures Explored, which provides hands-on training in film to individuals with disabilities. Directing: (Film) UhOh Clown, Frank, Beautiful Disaster, Offices and Accountants, and Uno. (Theatre) Vagina Monologues(2009). Acting: (Film) Rewind: The Bell (in production), The Conjuring Tapes, Save Me Mine, Life Unlocked (Theatre) As You Like It (Balcony Theatre); Speed Dating 1&2(Ooley), Importance of Being Earnest (Pioneer Players), Remember Me (Pioneer Players), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead(Empty Space), Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight), Winter’s Tale (Empty Space).

Yolanda is thrilled beyond words to be back on a stage, and performing in The Vagina Monologues. After a long hiatus, she is over the moon to be part of this cast under the direction of Riley Burke. She studied under Miriam Gray and Janis Stevens. She is grateful to be part of the Women’s Wit & Wisdom Theater Festival.

Rhonda performed as a member of “One Heart Hula Praise Ministry” in Fremont for over 6 years. She performed in a staged reading in 2018 and at the 2018 and 2019 Storytelling Festivals, as well as in “Black Nativity” 2018 and 2019, “Steal Away” 2019, “The Bluest Eye” 2020, “Spell #7” 2022, “Midsummer Night’s Dream” 2022, “Dracula” 2022, “Living Fat” 2022, and “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” at Celebration Arts. Rhonda debuted at Ooley Theatre in “George Washington’s Teeth” and “Speed Dating” 2025.

Racine is delighted to have the opportunity to perform in The Vagina Monologues and engage with such a powerful and well timed production. She is proud to be back in her hometown of Sacramento and is thrilled with her first experience at the Ooley Theatre. Favorite acting credits include: Everybody at San Francisco State University, Life is a Dream with Sacramento City College; The Twentieth Century with Christian Brothers High School; and Sweeney Todd with Musical Mayhem Productions.

Joanna is thrilled to be acting in the Women’s Wit and Wisdom Festival again! This is such a dear project to her heart, and she is so happy to put forth her creative energy towards it for another year! This will mark the first time she gets to share the stage with her dear friend Elise Hodge, and is so thankful that they found a project for the two of them. Many thanks to Riley for finding the most outrageous monologues to perform. Joanna can be seen throughout the year in various productions or behind the scenes helping make things run (hopefully) smoothly. Many thanks to all of the friends and family who put up with a difficult theatre schedule and still manage to want to hang out.

Raina will be performing in the Vagina Monologues for this year’s Women’s Wit and Wisdom. Juggling community theatre with requirements for her theatre minor led to partial participation with her first Women’s Wit and Wisdom festival and inability to participate in the 2025 festival, which is why Raina is overjoyed to participate in this festival as a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Theatre. Raina has previously appeared in the Ooley Theater’s productions of What Could go Wrong?, Women’s Wit and Wisdom (2024), and Radium Girls. She would like to thank her director, co-stars, producer, friends, and family for supporting her passion.

Kathleen is excited to be back at the Women’s Wit and Wisdom Festival! Kathleen is a Professor of Music at Sacramento City College but loves theater as much as she loves Beethoven and Mahler. Recent roles The Witch in Macbeth (Big Idea), Eileen in THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (City Theater), and Oberon in MIDSUMMER NIGHT’s DREAM (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival). Kathleen enjoyed playing Charley Parkhurst in the world premiere of ROWIN’ UP SALT RIVER in last year’s WWW Festival. Other favorite roles include Ebeneezer Scrooge in CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE PANTO (City Theater), Macduff in MACBETH (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival), The Narrator in WOLVES (Big Idea Theater), Judy Boone in THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME (City Theater), and Polonius in HAMLET (both at CSUS and Sac Shakes). Kathleen is a proud original company member of Wildflower Women’s Ensemble, an all- female Shakespeare ensemble.