On Feb. 25 at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 10 Seattle-area high school students competed in the fourth annual Seattle August Wilson Monologue Competition finals. Each student performed a three-minute monologue from one of August Wilson’s plays to compete for cash prizes and a trip to New York City to participate in the National Finals on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre in May 2014.
This year’s judges – Jerry Manning, Al Frank, Chic Street Man, Dena Levitin, G. Valmont Thomas, Sharon Nyree Williams and Peggy Scales – selected the following winners:
- First place and $500 cash prize winner – Alexis Baldridge, Timberline High School, “Ma Rainey” from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Second place and $250 cash prize winner – Josiah Townsend, Mercer Island High School, “Memphis” from Two Trains Running
- Third place and $100 cash prize winner – Jazzy Ducay, The Center School, “Becker” from Jitney
Congratulations to the winners and good luck to them in New York. More information about the competition can be found at www.seattlerep.org/AugustWilsonMonologues.
Photo credit: Rose Woodbury.
