The Phantom of Baker Hall Theater

Chapter 2- Crystal Lhuillier, Aspiring Top Star

Ms. Crystal Ramos, a 3rd year BA Communication Arts student, has always wanted to be an actress when she was younger. Back then she used to imitate the voices and faces of the drama actors she watched on TV and would show them to her father, Ernest Ramos, a top drama star, and he would judge and teach her. She always helped her father practice his lines at home, both acting as a prompter and acting out roles from the script. She had the talents and the looks to be an actress, which helped her land some lead roles in school plays. 

Despite her hard work and natural talents, Crystal has always been side-eyed by her classmates in the National Academy for the Arts, just because she's the daughter of a top star. She never wanted to use any of her father's influence to advance herself, however. She swore to never live under her father's shadow like those unsuccessful children of past top stars who are now whining because they couldn't get out of their parents' shadows. 

To get away from her father's clutches, she thought of using a stage name for herself. For that to work, she should choose a name unlike her own and to never tell on any interview about her father. With that in mind, she chose the name Crystal Lhuillier, after her favorite fashion designer. She's always thought about having her make a wedding gown when she got married, and it would be more splendid than any wedding gown she ever made. But first she has to be famous by that time. 

Unlike those top star children, she would be starting from zero, entirely on her own. She took up free voice lessons from a friend majoring in voice and studied acting from dramas and movies. She learned how to make herself tear up whenever she wanted to, and she made faces in front of the mirror every night to learn how to properly express various emotions. She also paid attention in her Speech Com classes, getting all straight As in them until now. There she learned how to properly project her voice in public and onstage. She also practiced her writing, for she wanted to be an actress, writer and director all at the same time, since being multi-talented will mean more success for anyone in this fast-paced and fickle world. 

Despite of all these seemingly honorable traits, Crystal is one very vain girl. She adores her looks very much and thinks too highly of her talent. She thinks she should be the lead actress all the time just because she's good. She also has amazing camera and stage presence, so even if she isn't the lead role, she's guaranteed to steal the show every time she appears. In fact, in her first stage play, she was a tree and yet she outshone the lead character, a clumsy little girl whose name is Claire Martinez, who is now in the same class as her. Crystal's overflowing charisma and talent has landed her into one of the school's most prestigious stage play performance, Prinsesa Urduja, where she plays the Princess Urduja herself.