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September 24, 2014
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D eG roat is set to star in the u p ­
com ing A ugust W ilson play, T he
P iano Lesson w ith Portland P lay ­
house, the theatre co m p an y located
in northeast Portland; and the c o ­
fo u n d er o f the R ed D o o r Project,
local A frican-A m erican playw right
K evin Jones, is set to d irect it.
D uring school visits. R ed D oor
staff and teaching artists w ill intro­
duce and engage students in an
interactive w orkshop on W ilso n ’s
ideas and characters. A bout 100 to
150 students are ex p ected to co m ­
pete before being narrow ed dow n
to 15 sem i-finalists, w ho w ill then
en ter an intensive series o f m aster
classes at P ortland C en ter Stage for
a chance to represent P ortland in
N ew Y ork C ity later in the school
year. O nly three students w ill m ake
it to the N ew Y ork C ity finals.
N ationally, the A ugust W ilson
M onologue C om petition dates back
to 2007 w hen it w as founded by
K enny Leon and T o d d K reidler at
T rue C olors T heatre C om pany in
A tlan ta tw o years after W ilso n ’s
d eath at the age o f 60. T he tw o m en
w orked w ith W ilson as d irecto r and
dram aturge, respectively. T he o u t­
reach to you n g people w as inspired,
in part, by the Shakespeare Y outh
M o n o lo g u e c o m p etitio n s, w hich
aim ed to fam iliarize students w ith
S h ak esp eare’s w ork.
T here are currently seven oth er
m ajo r c ities p articip atin g in the
A ugust W ilson com petition, w hich
include Atlanta, N ew York, Chicago,
B oston, L os A ngeles, Pittsburgh,
and Seattle.
H ornsby said that he w as stunned
by the am ount o f talent and passion
h e ’s ex p erien ced teaching fo r the
project in Portland.
“It has given m e a chance to reac­
quaint m yself with A ugust W ilson’s
work, so I ’m not ju st teaching them ,
I ’m falling in love w ith his w ork all
over again. W hen I w as grow ing up,
I had such a sense o f w onder tow ards
entertainers, like Shirley T em ple and
Bill Bojangles. I w ant these students
to be able to fall in love w ith all kinds
o f art, a diversity o f art,” he said.
D eG roat also spoke highly o f the
com petition.
“I love the program . A ll students
are w elcom e to learn about A ugust
W ilson, and this co u ld n ’t have com e
at a m ore im portant tim e. W ilso n ’s
w ork brin g s understanding, k n o w l­
edge, and acceptance o f d iv ersity ,”
she said. “W e co n n ect students to
m any w onderful opportunities in
P ortland and nationally, and w e love
to co n n ect students w ith the o p p o r­
tunities they need and deserve.”
T w o graduates o f P o rtlan d ’s p ro ­
gram , M ah atm a Poe and H ailey
K ilgore, both credit their particip a­
tion w ith their new found passion
for entertainm ent. K ilgore expressed
h er d ream o f pursuing theatre p ro ­
fessio n al, and Poe has also e x ­
pressed a deep desire to stay fo ­
cused on the fine arts and a find a
w ay to m ake a future out o f it.
S tudents w ho are interested in
p articipating in the A ugust W ilson
M o n o lo g u e C om petition m ust e n ­
rol by M onday, N ov. 3. Students
can visit th e g ro u p ’s w eb site at
red d o o rp ro ject.o rg w here they w ill
find a d o w n lo ad ab le application o r
a d igital application they can fill out
to enrol. T each ers w ho are inter­
ested in w orkshops in th eir c la ss­
room can call A lex R am irez, p ro ­
gram s coordinator at 805-276-1296.
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The court docum ents could not arrest him Friday at his hom e in
be acquired on M onday; a court clerk Fairview , a suburb o f Portland. H e
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SPINACOLUMN
An ongoing series of questions and answers about Am ericas natural healing profession
Partió: Chiropractic VS. Morning Stiffness:
A deadly blow to the agony of awaking.
: I used to be so stiff in the w orks by taking the stress and irritation b ein g fle x ib le an d w ell rested . I f yo u
m orning I co u ld scarcely tie m y o ff the nervous system . A s the nervous hav e h a d p ro b lem s w ith m u scle s tiff­
shoes. W orst o f all I w as only 37 years
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old. N ow th a t’s all changed since co m ­ spine begins to lose the rigid stiff feeling g iv e s y o u th e fe e lin g th a t y o u ’ve
ing to your office. I ’ m eternally grateful that it had. M uscles can begin to relax b een th ro u g h W o rld W ar II, i t ’s a
to you and C hiropractic. I ju s t d o n ’t because they d o n ’t have to w ork to m ake g re a t tim e to w ak e up to th e fe e lin g
see how it w orks so w ell, p articularly th e b o d y b e n d a n d m o v e. W h en the o f C h iro p ra c tic ! C all to d a y fo r an
w ith-out m edication.
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