Word of the “attic footage” spread among the troupe members after Mina quietly asked permission to show a work-in-progress at a small local screening. Old tensions softened when actors saw themselves with empathy. The one who had left in anger showed up with an apology and a box of old prop buttons. The director, who had drifted into a corporate job, wiped his eyes in the dark and thanked Mina for reminding him why he coached others to speak with purpose.