The Bill Nunn Theatre Outreach Project (BNTOP) presents the AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION - Pittsburgh. In partnership with True Colors Theatre Company, headed by internationally known stage and film director Kenny Leon, BNTOP prepares and coaches students from Pittsburgh high schools for the annual competition. Each of the ten plays are set in a different decade of the twentieth century. At
the core of each work are soaring, lyrical monologues that take the song, laughter, pain, and rich content of African American life and place it in the mouths of a great and varied ensemble of characters. The competition is open to high school students from participating cities, including: Pittsburgh, New York, Atlanta, Seattle, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles. The winners at the regional level will travel to the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to participate in a weekend devoted to Wilson and the final round of the competition. Students will perform a two to three minute monologue from any of the plays in August Wilson's Century Cycle. The panel of judges will be comprised of theatre professionals from their respective communities. First, second and third place receive a $500, $250 and $100 scholarship respectively at the regional level and $1000, $500 and $250 scholarships at the national level. All finalists will receive a hardbound book of August Wilson's plays. BNTOP Partners:
True Colors Theatre Company, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Point Park University and the Alumni Theater Company.
