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Bloomsbury presents Cyclorama by Adam Langer read by B J Harrison

The deeply moving propulsive story of ten teenagers brought together by a high school production of The Diary of Anne Frank that will shape and influence the rest of their lives

Evanston Illinois 1982 A group of students at a magnet high school meet to audition for the spring play They are eager for the chance to escape their difficult everyday lives Declan an experienced senior is confident hell get his firstchoice role but when the capricious charismatic drama director casts Franklin an unknown underclassmanand the two are seen alone at the directors housea series of events that will haunt the cast for years begins to unfold

2016 The actors have moved on with their lives Some are wildly successful some never left their hometown and some just want to be left alone Everything changes however when one former cast member comes forward with an allegation dating back to the time of the play The consequences of this public revelation will be farreaching and complex reverberating through all of their lives in unexpected ways

Cyclorama is a deeply compelling story of ordinary people that brilliantly cuts to the core of what makes us who we are and how our pasts reverberate into our present and future With remarkable tenderness and humanity Langer reveals how the traumas of our youth continue to echo throughout our lives in our politics in our careers and in ourselves