Chicagoan places in national monologue competition
Chicagoan places in national monologue competition
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Robert Upton of Kenwood Academy took runner-up at this year’s annual August Wilson Monologue Competition. Robert joined two other Chicago high school students at the national finals. They stopped by Morning Shift before flying out to New York for the competition. We hear Robert Upton’s award-winning monologue from August Wilson’s Seven Guitars.