More than 400 area students from 60+ schools competed in the preliminary rounds of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 28th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest. Participants submitted video performances of monologues and/or scenes they had chosen from the works of William Shakespeare. Teams of judges evaluated each participant, and the selected finalists competed in The Showcase of Finalists at the O’Reilly Theater on February 28.
Hope Academy submitted nine videos and we’re pleased to announce that Adjoa Opoku-Dakwa earned first place for her Calpurnia monologue from Julius Caesar.
In addition, five other Hope Academy students received honorable mentions: Mads Mocker (Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing), Chloe Baker (Viola from Twelfth Night), Bella Gonzales (Juliet from Romeo and Juliet), Zora Rose (Phoebe from As You Like It) and Shayla Esquivel (Katherine from Henry VIII).
Congratulations!