Act I And Agatha was dead, to begin with. This was no great surprise at first. Agatha was scripted to die at the end of Act I. The shock came when Agatha didn’t rise again after the curtain fell. Dead in the play and dead in life. Broadway star Trisha Lawrence, guest starring as Agatha in our high-school production, lay completely still onstage. A few of us waiting in the wings circled Ms. Lawrence as our music teacher, Mr. Elba, pushed through to see to her. We looked on like an audience watching an improvisational play. Mr. Elba kneeled at