In The Rehearsal, by , English high school student Victoria is caught having an affair with her teacher, Mr. Saladin. In his first year at a nearby prestigious drama Institute, Stanley struggles to achieve while falling in love with underage Isolde. Unaware that she is Victoria's sister, Stanley and his fellow students decide to use the ambiguity of Victoria's story as the basis of their final performance. Meanwhile the sexually frustrated saxophone teacher pulls all the narrative strings together as she observes her female students trying to cope with Victoria's transgression. Older teens will soak up this creepy, tangled coming-of-age tale that addresses the heavy stickiness of ambition, desire and innuendo. In life and on the stage, what is true?
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