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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Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks are reportedly set to star in a Broadway revival of The Piano Lesson and a subsequent movie adaptation.
According to the Daily Mail s Baz Bamigboye, Jackson s wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson will direct the Broadway production of August Wilson s play when it premieres in 2022.
Following that, a film will be made - although with a different director.
Washington s father, Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington previously revealed he would be producing the film, and had tipped Barry Jenkins to helm it. However, it has now been reported that a different director is being lined up to take charge of the movie.