In the blink of an eye, Isabella's school drama festival erupted into life.
The AtoZ Academy of Acting & Theatre was a typical Los Auralis adult drama school. It occupied a cluster of buildings oozing artistic flair in an affordable suburb. Its crown jewel was a converted warehouse frozen in time for fifty years, now reborn as an intimate black-box theater.
The so-called drama festival wasn't a formal commercial production; it was a stage for students of this school to display their talents.
Backstage hummed with electric energy. Costumed students debated passionately, playfully shoving each other between swigs of coffee. Nearby, someone plotted a bar crawl. It was proof this festival was equal parts art and revelry.
Isabella's production, Love in Absurdity, would kick off Sunday at 1
