What's Behind The Curtain?

Mayan Reyes has spent sixteen years being invisible. No drama, no noise, no problems. That's the rule in the Reyes household - keep your head down, be grateful, don't make waves.
Then she auditions for her school's theater program on impulse and lands the lead role under Mr. Andres Dela Cruz - the most beloved Filipino director in the community. Charming, warm, the kind of man who calls everyone anak and makes you feel chosen.
But when Mayan notices that last year's lead, Celine Delos Santos, didn't just transfer - she vanished - and finds a hidden journal behind the stage, everything she thought she knew about Mr. Dela Cruz begins to unravel.
The journal has a name for what he does.
The community has a name for what he is.
They just refuse to say it out loud.
With Derek Manalo beside her and Jennifer "JeJa" Jackson finally ready to stop pretending, Mayan has one shot to pull back the curtain - opening night, full audience, no going back.
But the hardest part isn't exposing the truth.
It's knowing her whole community might choose not to believe it.