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351: Return to Childhood
Act Four

When We Were Angels

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The most innocent possible student uprising imaginable...documented by an actual student, Hillary Frank, using the crude tools of a telephone answering machine and a shiny red boom box. (10 minutes)

By

Hillary Frank

Song:

“September Song” by Bryan Ferry

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