The Newman Smith One-Act Play Cast and Crew earned a 4th place finish at State UIL competition Thursday, April 13th, in Austin. Only the top eight 5A OAP schools in Texas earned a spot to compete at The Raymond Hartfield Performance Arts Center Round Rock ISD with Smith’s outstanding performance of “These Shining Lives” by Melanie Marnich coming up just short of the top three medal positions. Over 260 5A schools in Texas competed in OAP competition this spring with only the top eight advancing to UIL State. Individual state honors went to Cassidy Fox (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast) and Ariana Pleasure (All-Star Cast).
Other Newman Smith cast/crew members are: Joy Walden; Sarah Babick; Christina Hollie; Nicole Wedesky; Lauren Rangel; Ben Stegmair; Jesus Mitchell; Ashad Zuberi; R.J. Singleton; Eric Talamantes; Matthew Holden; Yanelly Vargas; Julien Tagnon; Elias Gomez; Anaiya Moran; Rory Manley; Karla Camacho; Edgar Palacios and Alec Eoff.
Directors of the Newman Smith Theatre Program are Tyler Brodess and Abby Kraemer.
This was Newman Smith’s 7th State UIL One-Act Play appearance . Smith has won the State UIL One-Act Play Championship twice in past years.
Congratulations to the cast and crew!