![]() Part coming-of-age story, part confession, If We Were Villains explores the magical and dangerous boundary between art and life. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. But in their fourth and final year, the balance of power begins to shift, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make believe. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extra. Ten years ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. ![]() Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it. ![]() ![]() On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. ![]()
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