This moves a bit quickly, and I thought it was going down the ‘understudy-finally-gets-chance-only-to-have-it-stripped-away-by-bitchy-lead-actress’ route, but you did something different with it.

The humiliation in that penultimate paragraph is brilliant, I actually winced a little…

Good work, and thanks for entering – MH :)

I agree. The humiliation is so prominent, and even though you don’t say it. I feel her vulnerability after she strips.

Brilliant!

It’s know the songs not teh. Common mistake.

A little too many exclamation points, but the ending was wondefully twisted.

I will echo the others – it’s a cool idea, and the anguish can be felt. First person is always tricky to execute – the repetitive “I did this” and “I saw that” – and it feels like your first two paragraphs are a weighted too heavily in that direction. The underlying theme, though, is utterly visceral.

Thanks for your comments! I’ll change that the! I thought I’d checked it all but I missed just that one!

Oh no! This is so heartbreaking, haha, particularly since I’m involved in theater, too- both emotionally and extra-curricularly, haha. I like the voice of the character here, nice job.