The English Teacher

Linda Sinclair is a forty-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in the small town of Kingston, Pennsylania. She shares a small apartment with two Siamese cats and her rich collection of great literature, and she likes it that way. But Linda's simple life turns an unexpected page when former star pupil Jason Sherwood returns to Kingston after trying to make it as a playwright in New York. Now in his 20's, Jason is on the verge of abandoning art, pressured by his overbearing father to face reality and go to law school. Linda can't stand the thought of Jason giving up on his dreams so she decides to mount his play - a dark, angst -ridden, ambitious work - as a Kingston High School production with flamboyant drama teacher Carl Kapinas directing. With the play, her reputation and her teaching career on the line, Linda finds an unlikely ally in herself.