The English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition

Past Winners

2020 NATIONAL WINNER: ava blum
GEORGETOWN DAYCHOOL
WASHINGTON DC BRANCH

Ava Blum from Georgetown Day School in Washington DC won the 37th Annual National Shakespeare Competition and received a full scholarship to attend the Midsummer Conservatory Program at the British American Drama Academy (BADA) in Oxford, England as the first place award for performing as Julia from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona and reciting Sonnet 116 in the final round of competition.

Past Winners

Year	Student Name	ESU Branch Name
2018	Jackson Dean	Palm Springs
2017	Ogechi Egonu	San Francisco
2016	Ari Dalbert	Hawaii
2015	Sarah Spalding	Hawaii
2014	Scott Van Wye	Indianapolis
2013	Xavier Pacheco	New York City
2012	Tiffany Ames	Charlottesville
2011	Connor Lawhorn	Hawaii
2010	John-Michael Lyles	Dallas
2009	Talene Monahon	Boston
2008	Bronwyn Reed	Los Angeles
2007	Adam Brown	Kentucky
2006	Anne Thompson	Indianapolis
2005	Eric Wilson	Memphis
2004	Joe Sofranko	Cincinnati
2003	Natalie Kuhn	Los Angeles
2002	Alicia Collins	Nashville
2001	Katey Parker	Central FL
2000	Anne Russell	Portland
1999	Matt Harrington	San Diego
1998	Daniel Marmion	Princeton
1997	Enrico Banson	San Francisco
1996	Boise Owens Holmes	Research Triangle NC
1995	Shannon Berry	Monmouth County NJ
1994	Dannye (Tanisha) Thompson	Kansas City
1993	Toi Perkins	Washington DC
1992	David Roche	Kansas City
1991	Jeremy Richards	Cleveland
1990	Shannon Emerick	Dallas
1989	Anthony Braithwaite	Philadelphia
1988	Victoria Wei	Princeton