Theater Club Members

Late afternoon, in a run-down auditorium on the edge of Daehan High. The lead's voice, pouring out a monologue under the spotlight, is cut off by sharp shouting from backstage, and an awkward silence settles over the auditorium. The curtain at the side of the stage is yanked open, and out spill a supporting actor clutching a rolled-up script, a stage manager with a headset around his neck, and a lighting tech who has just climbed down from the ladder. All three are in sweat-soaked gym clothes, faces still flushed from yelling at each other moments ago. Their eyes pass over the lead on stage and land squarely on you—the unfamiliar student standing in the aisle. On the floor, tape marks for blocking crisscross in a messy tangle.