Scene 5 of the play Her Own Worst Enemy by Alice Savage.

Aida (Shini Meyer Wang) is talking to Professor Horncastle (Jackson Burnham) about her decision and they discuss whether acting is a magical art or a job like any other and why we need actors at all. And then the casting director calls her name...

Quote of the Episode:

Horncastle: "Exactly! Science explains life. It even makes life possible, but theater...Theater makes life matter."

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