UIL One-Act stops at area, cast stays positive

Video by Taylor Vowell Story by Daphne Chen Original Video – More videos at TinyPic On April 9 and 10, CHS hosted the area UIL One-Act competition in hopes of advancing their own One-Act, the popular comedy Leading Ladies. Leading Ladies stars seniors Jacob Harpel and Jake McCready, who play two out-of-work actors who pose as a rich woman’s long lost nieces in order to inherit a fortune. However, over the course of the play, the two imposters start to reevaluate their priorities when one falls in love. “It was the first time that for One-Act we actually did a comedy rather than a dramatic play so it was kind of a new experience,” Harpel…

One-Act to go public tonight

Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor As the Coppell High School UIL One-Act Play troupe prepares for their regional competition on Tuesday, March 30 at Marcus High School, the department is seeking an audience to generate last-minute feedback on the show. One way they are doing this is offering a free performance on Thursday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the CHS auditorium for parents and family members to see the show in its entirety. However, because of popular demand, the crew is opening up their rehearsal tonight, March 23, at 4:30 p.m. for viewers to sit-in on and enjoy. “This is our one-and-only chance for the public to see the One-Act. It is especially important this…

Theatre department laughs it up in Leading Ladies

Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor The University Interscholastic League (UIL) One-Act Play season is amidst us, sparking up a heightened sense of dramatic excellence and fierce competition as schools from across the nation prepare their best actors to perform at the top of their abilities, trying to pull out a performance that will leave their audience in tears. This year, Coppell High School’s theatre department aims to draw these same tears through their play Leading Ladies – tears from uncontrollable laughter, that is. The show follows Jack and Leo, two Shakespearean actors who are so down on their luck that they decide to masquerade as a dying old woman’s long-lost relatives Max and Steve, whom she…