TribLIVE: Thembisile Gxuluwe took first place in the fifth annual Pittsburgh August Wilson Monologue Competition. Gxuluwe, a student at West Mifflin High School, portrayed Tanya in a monologue from Wilson's “King Hedley II.”
Tamiya Martin, from Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School, performed a different monologue from “King Hedley II” and took second place. Shamari Nevels, who lives in Highland Park and is home-schooled, won third place with Caesar Wilkes' monologue from “Gem of the Ocean.”
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I think it is safe to say that whenever I see an August Wilson article I will read and comment. I'm excited to see that Pittsburgh is offering opportunities to be exposed to the arts to high schoolers as well as college students. Not that one can't become interested in theatre later in life, but I d think it helps to at least have been introduced to this kind of thing at a younger age so that if you like it, you have lots of time to expand upon it. It's programs like these that are teaching young people about their culture and giving them the chance to continue studying even if they don't exactly have the funds. Of course both these things are necessary to continue learning the trade and I think learning about a person who made a difference in one's own neighborhood through the opportunity to continue learning is a great way to develop an interest in our craft.
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