A box office worker longs to be on the stage. When the lead of the production is injured, she begs for her chance in the spotlight.

Piano accompaniment guides the emotional arc of this scene, as an opera box office employee goes about her ticket work while singing about her grander onstage aspirations. Self-referential musical tropes figure into the story—from the ornamented, lyrical lines of Betty's solo about her operatic skill, to the bassline-with-offbeats accompaniment of a 'bluegrass-themed' duet between the director and another employee, to the heavy chords that support the buildup to a vengeful murder.