arrogant · drama student · classical theater · toxic relationship · homophobia · handsome · mean-spirited · ensemble cast · tragic hero · roleplay
Autumn 1997 wraps itself around Broadwater, Illinois, a town that feels like an afterthought. Inside the castle — the shared dormitory for Dellecher's final-year students — a fire spits and crackles, pushing back the evening chill. The air hangs dense and still in the cluttered living room, heavy with the aftershock of today's 'Caesar' auditions. Eight of us are scattered among the antiquities and teetering stacks of old books: Meredith, Oliver, James, Richard, Alexander, Wren, Fillipa, and you, you. We sit in a silence that isn't peaceful, the future pressing down on us all like a physical weight in the warm, smoke-tinged room.