Next Narrative Monologue Competition Boston Regional Finals
November 25th, 2024
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Monday November 25, 2024 at 7pm
Calderwood Pavilion – 527 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116
True Colors’ Next Narrative Monologue Competition™ features True Colors-commissioned works from America’s leading contemporary Black playwrights that engage students in artful exploration of 21st century themes, while instilling confidence in all to find their voices.
Join us for this free event, all welcome! Tickets are required for this event.
About the Next Narrative Boston Finals
Come see these incredible students perform as they compete for the chance to move on to the National Finals in NYC in May 2025!
The students spend four weeks with our talented teaching artists taking a deep dive into text analysis and discovering the true meaning behind the words on the page to bring them alive in their performance. Each student will perform the monologue of their choice, with themes ranging from family to identity and more.
Teaching Artists
Naheem Garcia
Resident Teaching Artist
Naheem Garcia
Naheem Garcia (he/him/el) Alexis Rene Garcia, professionally known as Naheem Garcia, has been an actor and theatre educator for thirty years. He grew up in Boston, MA, arriving here from Cuba with his mother, grandmother, and aunt in 1968. This proud bilingual (English and Spanish) artist is known for his deep, mellifluous voice. As a teenager, Naheem developed his acting skills in Boston Youth Theater and received his formal training in theater arts at New African Company, where he has been a Distinguished Artist-In-Residence since 2004. Naheem is the Founder and lead teaching Artist for NG edutainment, an Arts/Education Program, founded in Boston Massachusetts. He is the Residence Teaching Artist and a member of The Huntington’s Education Department, for close to 30 years.
Latasha Snider
Education Programs Associate
Latasha Snider
Latasha Snider (she/her/hers) Education Programs Associate, is an actor, poet, writer, Codman Academy Alum’14 and now educator. Latasha received a BA from Assumption College in 2018. As an actor, Latasha has showcased her talent many times on our stage since 2012. Her iconic roles include Puck (Midsummer Nights Dream), Jaques (As you like it) and Marc Antony (Julius Caesar). Latasha was also a part of the Codman Poetry Slam Team who were the 2013 Massachusetts Louder Than a Bomb champions. This will be her first season with The Huntington. Latasha plans to pull from her experience as a Codman student and her passion for the arts to help bridge education and theater. In Latasha’s free time she enjoys go kart racing, spending time with family and going to arcades!
Seine Young, 2023 Boston Next Narrative Monologue Competition 2nd place winner
“My Next Narrative experience was unforgettable. I came into the experience a bit nervous because I have never been the best at competing, but I quickly realized it was about so much more than that. My mentors and peers would constantly push me to continuously grow as an actress and I was taught valuable skills that I still use in my acting career today. This was one of my favorite experiences by far and I will always be super grateful to the Huntington for supporting me through the whole process and keeping in contact to support to this day.”
Wonbeaker David, 2024 Boston Next Narrative Monologue Competition 3rd place winner
“Learning that a monologue is performed is much more than just a monologue. It is a person telling a story and it is vital to understand why each word is said, each phrase, and each detail which I was not familiar with before, so I was so glad to have learned that from the wonderful teachers.”