A FATAL FEUD
A CADS production of The Glass Menagerie, Harper Moore stepping into the light, her eyes wide as she holds a shawl tight around herself. She seems fevered. Hopeful. The camera catches the edges of the stage, and this time there is no shadow lurking in the wings.
Lewis Stamper: Maisie wasn’t invited back to CADS for a second year, and Zoe and I had started dating that summer. But Harper seemed unbothered by all that. She easily found new people to hang out with—it was Nadine she could never seem to replace.
Zoe Holland: It was nearly Christmas by the time Harper stopped jumping every time the door opened, like she thought Nadine might walk through and make it interesting for her again.
Nadine Heywood stands next to Ivan as he shows her script changes. She runs and leaps past a quickly swiveling camera. She leans against a wall, in that infamous jumpsuit, covered in blood as another man closes in.
Casper Short: Nadine on that set was a sight to behold.
Outside of the set? It was like watching someone come into themselves.
She was a little naive, a little nervous, but by the end of filming I couldn’t remember where I’d even got that impression from.
Some teenagers take gap years to find themselves; Nadine Heywood shot an award-winning film.
Oisín Connellan: Nadine and I had been dating for maybe two weeks when she dropped out of school.
I think I was the only one begging her not to.
Everyone else took it in their stride. A few weeks later, when I found out more about Harper, I wondered if that was the real reason why.
If maybe Nadine was so shaken from being bullied by that girl she didn’t want to go back.
Nadine Heywood: I loved that film. I believed in it. That’s why I dropped out.
Oisín Connellan: I assumed the obsession would die with some space. I was wrong. And in the end, it ruined us.