Stage of Thorns

He doesn't break his actors. He rebuilds them.Aria Elliston has nothing—a mattress on a floor in Bushwick, a serving job that pays in cash, and an acting career that hasn't started yet. When reclusive theater genius Lucien Ashford casts her as the lead in his new play, she signs the contract without hesitation. The NDA. The phone surrender. The eight-week residency at his isolated Vermont estate.S...