Eve Ensler in New York and Paris but travels much of the year." A June 2010 article by Ensler in "The Guardian" stated that she was receiving treatment for uterine cancer. Ensler wrote about her experience with cancer in her memoir, "In The Body of the World". Ensler wrote "The Vagina Monologues" in 1996. First performed in the basement of the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village, the play has been translated into 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Celebrities who have starred in it include Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Idina Menzel, Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, Marin Mazzie, Cyndi Lauper,
Susan Sarandon D.C. in support of a Congressional measure to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq. During the 2000 election, Sarandon supported Ralph Nader's run for president, serving as a co-chair of the National Steering Committee of Nader 2000. During the 2004 election campaign, she withheld support for Nader's bid, being among several "Nader Raiders" who urged Nader to drop out and his voters offer their support for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry. After the 2004 election, Sarandon called for US elections to be monitored by international entities. In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Sarandon and Tim Robbins campaigned for John Edwards in