August Wilson Monologue Competition Boston Regional Finals
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Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
527 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116Description
Please join the Huntington's Department of Education & Community Programs for the 8th Annual Boston Regional August Wilson Monologue Competition.
The August Wilson Monologue Competition celebrates the writing of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright. Huntington staff and teaching artists work with high school students from selected Boston Public Schools to introduce Wilson and his Century Cycle, support script analysis and character development, and coach them as they prepare monologues for performance and competition.
Students from sixteen Boston area schools will compete for the chance to advance to the national August Wilson Monologue Competition in May at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - ALL ARE WELCOME!
DOORS OPEN AT 6:30PM
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The Huntington is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets since its founding in 1982. We bring together world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new work and classics made current. The Huntington runs nationally renowned programs in education and new play development and serves the local theatre community through its operation of the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. The Huntington now fully owns The Huntington Theatre on Huntington Avenue and is currently renovating our theatre into a first-rate, modern venue with expanded services to audiences, artists, and the community. Under the direction of Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form. For more information, visit huntingtontheatre.org.