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The August Wilson In-School Residency is a semester-long program that provides students with an in-depth study of Wilson’s work.įor information, visit /augustwilson. For over a decade, August Wilsons landmark ten-play Century Cycle has been the. Since its introduction in one school in Atlanta, the program. The national program is produced in collaboration between Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company and Jujamcyn Theaters. As preparation for the national component of the competition, the three selected students will attend master classes to work on their monologues.Ĭenter Theatre Group also offers an in-school residency as part of the August Wilson program. The National August Wilson Monologue Competition was founded in 2007 by Kenny Leon and Todd Kreidler at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta. The program inspires and educates using monologues from Wilson’s “American Century Cycle,” a 10-play cycle that details the complexity of the African American experience in the 20th century.ĭeterville, Eaton and Velez were selected from a pool of 12 regional finalists representing seven local high schools within Los Angeles County. The competition marked the eighth consecutive year Center Theatre Group hosted the Southern California component of the national monologue competition. The 5th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition, featuring high school students from throughout the country performing monologues by the late Wilson. Three Dorchester teens were chosen as finalists in Huntington Theatre Company’s August Wilson Monologue Competition held at the Calderwood Pavilion on Monday, January 28. Then a senior in high school, Navarro was a finalist in 2018's August Wilson Monologue Competition, performing from Wilson's '80s-set play King Hedley II. 2019 August Wilson Monologue regional winners (l-r) Sarah Purvis, Anotidaishe Chikunya and Osamede Izevbizua. Velez will serve as the Los Angeles alternate. Gerardo Navarro was oddly calm before taking a Broadway stage for the very first time. Fifteen of those students will be selected for the national finals while the other nine will be part of a performance montage. They will compete in a semi-final round with 22 other students from cities around the country. Cortines High School of Visual and Performing Arts, earned third-place honors and received a $300 scholarship.ĭeterville and Eaton will also receive a paid trip to New York City to perform at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. Eaton, of CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts, was the second-place winner and received a $400 scholarship and Velez, of Ramón C. (photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)ĭeterville, of South Carolina Virtual Charter School, placed first in the regional competition, earning a $500 scholarship. The August Wilson Monologue Competition announces the finalists for the 2021 August Wilson Monologue Competition and the new Designing August competition. Student performers joined the judges and program administrators for the 2019 August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finals on March 11 at the Mark Taper Forum.