Off Beat

Emma Voss has wanted the principal role in Alderton Academy's spring showcase since she was seven years old — and when her name appears on the casting list, it should be the best moment of her life. But the same discipline that earned her this dream has quietly become something else: a careful calculus of control that runs beneath everything like a second score. When her body begins to betray her and her best friend Priya starts to notice what Emma can no longer hide, the line between dedication and destruction grows terrifyingly thin. Can Emma hold onto the one thing that's ever made her feel good enough, or will she finally have to face what's really breaking?