Your name is [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_m]Bernard[/name_m] and you are twenty-two years old. You grew up in Bangor, [name_f]Maine[/name_f], but you have recently graduated from AMDA in [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m] City, and, in an incredible stroke of luck – and after countless singing, acting, and dancing lessons – you have landed a leading role in a new revival on Broadway! You are a legit soprano, and you are playing [name_f]Christine[/name_f] in a revival of The Phantom of the [name_f]Opera[/name_f].
In this first role, you meet a host of wonderful people, five of whom become your closest friends.
The first is [name_f]Valencia[/name_f] [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f] [name_m]Williams[/name_m], 22, who was a friend of yours in middle school before she moved away after eighth grade to Mamaroneck, a [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m] suburb. You run into her at a little [name_m]French[/name_m] place a few blocks away from the theatre district, which, as it turns out, she owns and runs herself. She is cheerful, friendly, and resourceful.
The second is [name_m]Miguel[/name_m] [name_m]Santiago[/name_m] [name_m]Amado[/name_m], 25, who costars in the cast of your show as [name_m]Raoul[/name_m], a tenor. He is outspoken, assertive, passionate, and kind.
The third is [name_u]Luca[/name_u] [name_m]Filberte[/name_m] [name_m]Romano[/name_m], 21, a sound technician at the recording studio where you and the rest of the actors in your show are creating your cast album, as well as the costar’s roommate. While he loves theatre, he prefers to be behind the scenes. He is diligent, visionary, decisive, and supportive.
The fourth is [name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_m]Fleming[/name_m], 22, a pit musician who plays the [name_m]French[/name_m] horn in the orchestra of your show and happens to live in the same apartment building as you. She aspires to write her own musical someday; she is quiet, ambitious, and imaginative.
The fifth is [name_f]Livia[/name_f] [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] [name_m]Miller[/name_m], 24, who is already a beloved star, having been on the Broadway stage since she was a teenager. She is a soprano, currently plays [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_m]Llewellyn[/name_m] [name_m]Davies[/name_m] in Finding Neverland, a musical that is brilliant and well-loved but less of a household name than your own, and has many fans from around the country. Nevertheless, she is modest, funny, and sweet.
Eventually, you begin dating [name_u]Luca[/name_u]. Though it’s difficult to maintain a relationship while performing eight shows a week, you manage to hang out in the mornings and explore the city on [name_f]Monday[/name_f] nights, when the show is dark.
After a year, it’s closing night of your musical. After you take your final bows, your director takes the stage to make a speech. At the end, she invites your boyfriend to take the microphone. He takes a ring box from his pocket and get down on one knee. Of course, you say yes.