Photo Coverage: Go Inside the 7th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition!
By: Jessica Fallon Gordon May. 06, 2015
Jujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company just presented the 7th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street). The event, which is free and open to the public, features high school students from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, Portland and Seattle performing monologues by the late, legendary American playwright. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the special event below!
Judges for the 2015 Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition included Crystal Dickinson (actress), Brandon J. Dirden (actor), David Gallo (scenic designer), Stephen McKinley Henderson (actor), and Pauletta Washington (actress).
Founded in 2007, the Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition aims to expose a new generation of creative minds to the life's work and artistic legacy of this seminal American playwright. Program participants in cities across the country encounter Wilson's ten-play cycle and receive coaching from teaching artists as they prepare their monologues for local, city-wide and national competitions.
For more information, visit www.AugustWilsonMonologue.com.
Photo Credit: Jessica Gordon
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Kenny Leon and the Finalists
Russel Hornsby and Kenny Leon
Russel Hornsby, Anthony Chisholm and Kenny Leon
Russel Hornsby, Anthony Chisholm and Kenny Leon
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Pauletta Washington, Hilda Willis, Moyè Light, Kenny Leon, Cameron Southerland, Jonathan German, David Gallo, Crystal Dickinson and Brandon J. Dirden
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