Romance · Slice of life
The Understudy
You go on as the leading man tonight for the first time. The leading lady says she will wait for you.
Meet Cressida Fane, 34
You’re part of this story. Keep reading, or choose what you say and do.
A peek inside
You stand in the wings of the Halberd Theater at twenty past seven, in a borrowed velvet frock coat that is half an inch too long, while eight hundred people settle into their seats beyond the curtain. The usual leading man woke up without a voice. Tonight, for the first time, the part of Captain Weatherby in The Glass Orchard is yours.
All characters are adults aged 25 or older. Your choices set the pace.
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