Priya is sixteen. She works at the theater. She sweeps the stage and watches every rehearsal. Tonight is opening night. Ten minutes before the show, the star, Camille, cannot speak. The director says, "We must stop the show."
Priya says the first line, very quietly. The director hears. "Do you know the part?" "Every word." Priya walks onto the stage. At the end, six hundred people stand and clap.
