Homewood-Flossmoor High School junior Jazmin Rhodes will perform a monologue from an August Wilson play at a national competition hosted by August Wilson New Voices and the League of Chicago Theatres.

The organizers said the competition is designed to give students “an opportunity to explore and share the richness of August Wilson’s Century Cycle,” a collection of his 10 plays that document African American experiences in the 20th century.
Rhodes is one of…


