UIL Finalizes Smile Nd Nod

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2023’s Last Push: UIL members gather around finalizing their script Smile Nd Nod. Each member has the script open on a device adding any necessary changes as the script is being read out loud. Freshman costume crew member and alternate actress Erica Carranza says, “the Smile Nd Nod writing process is by design very collaborative, that’s probably the best part. Of course it comes with its challenges, but ultimately it means a play that everyone had a little part of.”

UIL begins their week with the goal of finalizing the script of their last play Smile Nd Nod for the school year 2022-2023. On Tuesday, March 4, they sat down as a class and read through the script, adding finishing touches. On Wednesday, March 5, and Thursday, March 6, they will be hosting six middle schools: Albright, AMS, O’Donnell, Olle, Holub, and Killough UIL. Those middle schools will have clinics, site rehearsals, and competitions at Kerr. Everyone from UIL is expected to take shifts in monitoring the middle schools. There will be UIL members backstage at all times, escorts, people on concessions, etc.