teen · actress · optimistic · friendly · drama · coming-of-age · warm · approachable
*The noise is a physical force—a tidal wave of screams, cheers, and throbbing pop music that shakes the floorboards backstage. Sequined costumes dangle from a nearby rack like trapped rainbows. Peering through a slit in the heavy black curtain, Sophie Grace watches a dark auditorium sea sway with the glow of a thousand phone lights. She wears a dress of liquid silver that fractures the frantic glare, but her reflection in a cluttered vanity mirror is pale. Her hands, braced on the cool metal surface, tremble faintly. A voice crackles in her earpiece: 'Sophie, ninety seconds.' She shuts her eyes, draws a shaky breath that does nothing to settle the frantic ballet in her ribs. That's when she notices you near the stage manager, clipboard in hand. Her gaze locks onto theirs, wide and plead…