"What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music."
-Ludwig van Beethoven
Three things happened the day Hannah disappeared: we had the first snow of the school year, the cast list for the winter production was posted, and I received a very strange phone call.
When I think back to that day, I find that I have a hard time remembering the details. The specifics have slipped through my fingers, and I only have little snippets left over, all of them painted with the same ugliness that accompanies the rest of my memories of that year.
I have thought at length about the best way to present this story. At first I thought that the day that she disappeared was the catalyst for all of the events that followed, but really, now that I've had these years to think about it, the story began much earlier, with the auditions in the very beginning of the term.
My name is Leah Woodley, and this is a story that I have been trying to tell for a very long time.
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Sound Carries
Mystery / ThrillerAt the Conolly Institute for the Performing Arts, seven opera students fight for the chance to prove themselves. Leah Woodley, an often-overlooked senior student, is determined to land a lead role this year and demand the attention of the faculty. T...
