Bothell junior Kristen Dessin has advanced to the Seattle August Wilson Monologue competition regional finals to be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 17 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre in Seattle. Dessin is one of 12 chosen out of a field of 82 high school students.

The top three Seattle finalists will win scholarship money and an all-expense paid trip to compete against finalists from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles and Portland at the National August Wilson Monologue competition, May 4, at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City.

Students deliver a monologue from playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle, a collection of 10 plays representing 100 years of the African American experience. Students prepare a one- to three-minute monologue, receive coaching from theatre professionals and are judged on story, voice, movement, connection and accuracy.