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Former UMT member and current TikTok star Pierce Westbrook and fellow alumnus Justice Smith pose with Uptown Music Theatre at Junior Theater Festival 2022

UMT poses at Junior Theater Festival 2022 after adjudications

UMT poses with Michael Worldly and Jiana Odland at Junior Theater Festival 2022

UMT poses after winning Outstanding Performance for Lion King, Jr.

UMT poses after winning Outstanding Performance for Lion King, Jr.

UMT poses with Karen Livers and Chakula Cha Jua at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center's Holiday on the Boulevard, celebrating Christmas and Kwanzaa

From left to right, Hilary Vaucresson, Jeremiah Westbrook, Aubry Snipes, Pierce Westbrook, Jazz Johnson, Justice Smith, Hope Singleton, and Jaelynn Ricks perform an impromptu performance at Reagan Peters-Roussell's Sweet 16

Justice Smith (left) and Jeremiah Westbrook (right) performing Lion King, Jr. in front of 6,650 competitors

Hope Singleton (left), Aubry Snipes (middle), and Nala Hamilton (right) pose with the 2020 Outstanding Performance trophy

UMT poses with Matthew Carroll, their director, at JTF

Celeste Metoyer (left) and Pierce Westbrook (right) pose with the 2020 Outstanding Performance trophy

Jeremiah Westbrook (left) and Chloe Tombar (right) pose with the 2020 Outstanding Performance trophy

UMT poses with their friendly competitors, Play on Players (POP)

Jazmine Marsalis (right) poses with award-winning Broadway English actress Cynthia Erivo (left)

Jazz Johnson (left) and Reagan Peters-Roussell (right) pose after the Lion King, Jr. adjudication

UMT performs and poses with award-winning Broadway actress Cynthia Erivo

Justice Smith (left), Celeste Metoyer (middle left), Jaelynn Ricks (middle right), and Pierce Westbrook (right) pose for a fun picture

Pierce Westbrook's performance of Once On This Island, Jr., captured by JTF, is used to advertise the international festival

Celeste Metoyer leads UMT through the hallways of JTF Atlanta 2020 second line style

UMT performs They Live in You for KIPP: Leadership

Kiya Henderson (left), Justice Smith (middle left), Wynton (middle right), and Hilary Vaucresson (right) pose for a picture after performing in a Black History Month special

Justice Smith (top left), Kyron Butler (bottom left), Jaelynn Ricks (middle right), and Reagan Peters-Roussell (right) pose with their friend Artemisia Shays (middle left) for Tonya Boyd-Cannon's city youth choir, 100 Voices

Jazz Johnson (left), Malcolm Ferrouillet (middle), and Jeremiah Westbrook (right) practice a scene from Lion King, Jr.

UMT after the Radio Disney Dance Party 2020

Matthew Carroll (left) and Reagan Peters-Roussell (right) after the Lion King, Jr. adjudication

Justice Smith (left) and Reagan Peters-Roussell (right) pose with the 2018 Outstanding Performance trophy after just returning to New Orleans

Jackie Breckenridge (left) and Reagan Peters-Roussell (right) pose after their Ashé Cultural Arts Center Lion King, Jr. performance

UMT performs the National Anthem for an NFL Saints game, conducted by Delfeayo Marsalis (left)

Aubry Snipes (left), Jaelynn Ricks (middle), and Celeste Metoyer (right) prepare for a special concert by Broadway's best in 2018