Seven Writers Selected For Echo Theater Company s 2021 Playwrights Lab
Selected artists include Amanda L. Andrei, June Carryl, Ricardo Perez Gonzalez, Hannah Kenah, Daria Miyeko Marinelli, Liza Powel O Brien and LaDarrion Williamsby BWW News Desk
Los Angeles-based Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, has announced the names of seven playwrights who will participate in the company s 2021 Playwrights Lab.
Facilitated by co-directors Brian Otaño and Hannah Wolf, playwrights Amanda L. Andrei, Diana Burbano, June Carryl, Ricardo Perez Gonzalez, Hannah Kenah, Liza Powel O Brien and LaDarrion Williams will work together to develop new material that will be presented in LABFest, the LAB s festival of public readings at the end of the year.
Los Angeles Student Tyla Uzo Takes Third Place In The 2021 National August Wilson Monologue Competition
This is the tenth consecutive year that Center Theatre Group has hosted the Los Angeles component of the national monologue competition.by BWW News Desk
Center Theatre Group s regional finalist Tyla Uzo took third place in the August Wilson Monologue Competition National Finals held virtually on Monday, May 3, 2021. Uzo, who took second place in the 2020 regional finals was joined in the national competition on Saturday, May 1 by the top performers of the 2021 August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals, Hazel Eko and Stephen Moran. Uzo advanced to the Finals on Monday where her third-place award earned her a scholarship of $1,000.