Los Angeles Student Tyla Uzo Takes Third Place In The 2021 National August Wilson Monologue Competition
This is the tenth consecutive year that Center Theatre Group has hosted the Los Angeles component of the national monologue competition.by BWW News Desk
Center Theatre Group s regional finalist Tyla Uzo took third place in the August Wilson Monologue Competition National Finals held virtually on Monday, May 3, 2021. Uzo, who took second place in the 2020 regional finals was joined in the national competition on Saturday, May 1 by the top performers of the 2021 August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals, Hazel Eko and Stephen Moran. Uzo advanced to the Finals on Monday where her third-place award earned her a scholarship of $1,000.
Chicago August Wilson Competition Winners Announced
The competition was amplified by the recently released Netflix documentary Giving Voiceby BWW News Desk
The August Wilson Monologue Competition announces the Chicago winners of the 2021 August Wilson Monologue Competition and the new Designing August competition.
The top two Chicago Monologue Competition winners will compete in the Nationals, to be held virtually on Monday, May 3 at 5:00pm Central. The National Competition will stream for free and is open to the public. Free tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/august-wilson-monologue-competition-national-finals-tickets-152568818443.
In the Monologue category, the Chicago winners are Jonathan Westbrook from Chicago High School for the Performing Arts (first place), Bri Yon Watts from Southland College Prep (second place) and Jadah Clay from Chicago High School for the Performing Arts (third place). The winners of the Design category were all students from Per
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Shortlist categories: Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score) and Music (Original Song)
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Premise: George C. Wolfe directed this adaptation of a 1982 August Wilson play about the blues singer Ma Rainey. The story mostly takes place during a heated recording session in Chicago during 1927, as Ma Rainey and an upstart trumpeter talk about their dreams and how America continues to hold them back for being Black.
Shortlist category: Makeup and Hairstyling
Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Premise: David Fincher directed this biographical drama based on a script written by his father, who took the story’s broad strokes from a 1971 New Yorker article called “Raising Kane.” The movie focuses on the 1930s and 1940s Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, who ultimately co-wrote the screenplay to “Citizen Kane” while hoping to create a scorched earth screed about the American political and economic system.
In response to the ongoing pandemic,
Milwaukee Rep must cancel all live performances through April and make significant changes to its previously announced Season Reset programming.
Originally slated to start mid-February,
Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song with Alexis J Roston (
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill) will be rescheduled for in person performances beginning April 27 and running through May 23, 2021 in the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater. In person and virtual performances of
Nina Simone: Four Women have been canceled, while
McGuire is indefinitely postponed and the world premiere
Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son has moved to the 2021/22 Season. Those who have purchased a Season Reset pass will automatically receive a refund and Single Tickets for Artists Lounge Live’s