Young Voices High School Monologue Festival

Our 2010 Young Voices High School Monologue Festival received a record 411 submissions from student playwrights throughout the region.  Fifteen first-place winning monologues were performed at the Adrienne, home of InterAct Theatre Company by professional actors, directed by Rebecca “Becky” Wright and Jerrell Henderson.

Winners’ List

Kelsey Veno, Colorful
The Baldwin School, Grade 11

Kayla Anderson, Voice of Violence
Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, Grade 11

Elyse Pitock, After
Radnor High School, Grade 11

Nicola Cianci, An Officer and a Gentleman
Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, Grade 11

Isabelle Ramos, Charity Starts At Home
JR Masterman, Grade 10

Sherice Bright, Boy to a Man
Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice, Grade 12

La Maya Mapp, Its Importance
Science Leadership Academy, Grade 10

Harish White, A Man Vs. Himself
De La Salle in Towne

Jacob Fagliano, The Patient
The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, Grade 10

Jerry Wise, Rock Speaks
Murrell Dobbins High School, Grade 9

Daniel Gehm, Regretful Decision
The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush, Grade 10

Scherlyne Pierre-Louis, The Day My Life Ended
Franklin Learning Center, Grade 11

Nia Berry, Warr Avenue
Science Leadership Academy 10

Savon Jefferson, Ronald
Constitution High School, Grade 9

Olivia Ngo, Expectations
Central High School, Grade 10