All's Well

Immediately following her encounter with Hugo, Miranda is summoned to the dean’s office for a meeting with the dean, the college president, and the vice president. The dean has told Miranda in the past of his love for theater and Shakespeare, claiming that he played Caliban in a community theater production of The Tempest. However, Miranda remains suspicious of him, understanding that his true loyalty lies to money, specifically the college donors. The administrators question her choice to direct All’s Well That Ends Well for the annual production. They inform her they have received complaints from students and donors, who wish for the play to be changed to Macbeth. Miranda understands that Briana and her parents are behind this.

Miranda defends her artistic decision, briefly recalling her job interview with the dean five years ago in which she managed to thoroughly impress him. She thinks of this as one of her most successful moments as an actor. Since then, however, the dean has witnessed her physical deterioration and growing hopelessness, and he is no longer impressed by her. The administrators, unified by the golden rings on their fingers, pressure her to consider changing the play.