Katara Willis is a young artist from Buffalo, NY, where she attended the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts and has been studying theatre arts since the seventh grade. Throughout her time at BAVPA, she has been cast in several plays, including performances at Subversive Theatre and film work with WNED. Willis was the second-place national winner of the 2019 August Wilson Monologue Competition, after receiving first place in the Buffalo region. In June 2019, she graduated from high school with plans to attend Canisius College to study communications.
Previously
2019 Festival
Next Generation Storytellers: The August Wilson Monologue Competition
How do you preserve a legacy? How do you make it thrive? For over a decade, August Wilson’s landmark ten-play Century Cycle has been the basis for not only award-winning produ...
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