Thee Performing Arts

Wolf De Roses
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In 2008’s New Detroit, art is survival. Prestige Performing Arts Academy isn’t a school—it’s a battleground where performance decides your worth and every mistake can erase your name. Follow fourteen-year-old Wolf Dé Roses, a graffiti-born prodigy pulled into an elite world of stage perfection, coded rankings, and whispered cults. Each chapter blurs dream and reality, stitched together by haunting soundscapes, looping memories, and the voices of those who vanished before him. Thee Performing Arts is a cinematic audio series mixing psychological thriller, social commentary, and Detroit soul. Every performance leaves a mark. Every echo has a price.

Episodes

  1. May 18

    Devereaux Plaza — The Society Move

    Wolf and Mason hit Devereaux Plaza on a mission: register a society before Prestige can “claim” Wolf through its pipelines. But the mall isn’t neutral ground—it’s another stage with better lighting and sharper contracts. Wolf runs into Nia Calloway and her Dominican mom in a dress store, gets drafted into “formal vibes,” and realizes even normal moments get turned into leverage in this city. Nia, still tracking Wolf after saving him from being labeled “missing,” slips away while her mom gets distracted in a Dominican-owned shoe shop. She finds Wolf again—except now he’s upgraded into a clean button-up, chinos, and loafers after a Detroit local helps him move smarter through the plaza. Wolf even buys Mason a fit so they can walk into the Membership Hub looking serious. Nia catches up, accidentally crashes into Wolf in the corridor, and the truth spills: Ms. Boudreaux’s warning, the Membership Hub, and the pressure from groups like The Nine, Red Choir, and the Veil. Episode 11 ends with Wolf and Nia finally aligned—get the charter done, protect the roster, and move first… before Prestige moves for them.

    Devereaux Plaza — The Society Move

  2. Feb 20

    Pumpkin Spice (The Watchers Watch Us)

    Pumpkin spice hits Prestige like a warning flare—sweet, fake, and wrong. In Conference B, Coach Thompson tries to pin everything on Wolf… but Superintendent James Devereaux and Mrs. Brinkley are focused on a bigger threat: the smell means the watchers are seated, and when that happens… The Nine start moving. [I“THE NINE” STING — 9 NOTES / MUSIC SCARE] A hijacked tone. A signature melody. A message that lands like a receipt: Prestige isn’t reacting anymore—it’s being run. Out in the office lobby, Nia Calloway does what she always does when the school starts acting hungry: she listens. Ms. Harris tries to keep her “out of trouble” (the nice way), donors hover nearby, and Nia ends up doing the one thing Prestige can’t fully control—she reminds everyone what real talent sounds like. [NIA A CAPPELLA HERE — ] The donors cry. Harris tears up and hates that she did. Even Devereaux and “Principal Gray” pause like the building itself got interrupted. Then the paperwork hits: Nia gets a sponsor offer—GlassTone Piano Trust ($18M)—but it comes with a leash: 30 days to join a sanctioned group. Nia refuses the Red Choir… and smiles anyway, because she already knows who this will hurt. On her way out, Nia tries to find Wolf—because she already saved him once from being stamped MISSING—and now she sees a new name on the board: Tessa Briggs — MISSING. Red Choir. Wolf’s class. Bad timing. Worse meaning. She trades words with Mr. Clay, who confirms what her stomach already knew: that disappearance wasn’t innocent. Nia finally spots Wolf—too late—getting into a car and leaving. It stings… until Ms. Boudreaux catches her at the exit and slips her an envelope: Wolf is going to the mall to register a society (Clause B.7) so he can compete without getting claimed. Nia’s decision locks in on the spot: If Wolf gets registered, he gets protected. If she uses her sponsor leverage, she can punish the Red Choir and throw sand in Prestige’s machine. Weekend plans changed.

    Pumpkin Spice (The Watchers Watch Us)

  3. Feb 4

    A New Boy Called Wolf (2008) | “Echo Corner” (Nia’s POV) | Langston vs. Gray

    Wolf Dé Roses’ first day at Prestige isn’t even warm yet—five minutes on campus and he’s already a Board problem. From a blind corner near a broken security loop, Nia Calloway watches the lobby turn into a stage: polished marble, muted whispers, phones lifting at hip-height… and Mr. Langston walking in like a lawsuit wearing cufflinks. Langston doesn’t question Wolf’s talent—he questions his existence. Hoodie. Shoes. “Open call.” Legacy loophole. Reputation. Donors. His son Alexander. Everything becomes a public warning wrapped in “standards.” Principal Garrison Gray steps in with that calm, surgical voice—then does something worse than yell back: he names last year without naming it. The fallout. The erased teacher. The liability hearing. The Calloway incident. Nia hears her own name used like armor and a knife at the same time. By the time Langston leaves, Wolf isn’t just “new.” He’s marked: the kid Langston singled outthe kid Gray went on record forthe kid tied to the rumor Prestige keeps trying to buryAnd Nia decides something simple: If Prestige keeps using her “incident” as a cautionary tale while pretending she’s only a rumor… then the rumor starts playing defense. Themes: reputation as violence • institutional theater • surveillance • legacy vs. outliers • “Echo” as a label POV: Nia Calloway Setting: Prestige Performing Arts Academy, High School (New Detroit, 2008)

    A New Boy Called Wolf (2008) | “Echo Corner” (Nia’s POV) | Langston vs. Gray

  4. Jan 20

    THIS IS ECHO TIER

    By morning, Prestige has already decided what happened. A student didn’t fall — she transferred. There was no accident — just a complication. No silence — only a cleaner narrative. When Nia returns to campus, the building looks untouched. New posters. Fresh uniforms. Smiling donors. No trace of Amaya Briggs — except the locker marked for redistribution and a red envelope that should never exist. Inside it is the truth Prestige doesn’t say out loud: Red Choir isn’t an honor. It’s a claim. As Nia’s CREDIT begins to quietly slide, she learns what Echo Tier really means — not failure, but invisibility. Fewer eyes. Fewer doors. More freedom. And more danger. Guided by forgotten hallways, blind cameras, and a janitor who knows where the school stops looking, Nia begins mapping the parts of Prestige that were never meant to be seen. This is the episode where the system stops pretending. Where disappearance becomes policy. Where talent turns into inventory. And where Nia Calloway decides she will no longer sing for applause — only for the truth. This is Echo Tier.

    THIS IS ECHO TIER

  5. Jan 6

    THE GAUNTLET (2007) — PART II

    Prestige doesn’t call it violence. They call it discipline. In the aftermath of the first tests, the school fractures behind closed doors. A dressing room lies destroyed. Bodies line the floor. Sirens scream through hallways that were never meant to hear them. And at the center of it all stands Nia Calloway — untouched, unbroken, and finally aware. As emergency lights flood the room, Nia turns toward us. She doesn’t scream. She doesn’t cry. She watches. Because this is the moment she understands the truth: Some students are tested. Some are sacrificed. And some are meant to survive long enough to remember. The Gauntlet isn’t about talent. It’s about who makes it out.

    THE GAUNTLET (2007) — PART II

  6. 12/21/2025

    THE GAUNTLET (2007) — PART I

    Winter Semester, 2007. Before the blood. Before the rumors. Before anyone knew what “Festival Season” really meant. Fifteen-year-old Nia Calloway steps into Prestige Academy believing talent is enough. Vocal Hall feels familiar. Safe. Controlled. But when Ms. Vesper quietly finalizes placements and introduces the Festival Gauntlet, the rules begin to shift. No donors. No favorites. Just pressure. As Nia’s voice is crowned the standard, her best friend Amaya Parker is invited into something far more dangerous — a test disguised as opportunity. Glass bottles. Open flame. Silence that watches. This is not rehearsal. This is Round Zero. And once the Gauntlet begins, it does not stop.

    THE GAUNTLET (2007) — PART I

  7. 11/11/2025

    The Basketball Jerseys

    Wolf Dé Roses wakes up burning with purpose—and something darker. Coach Thompson offers a six-grand “mentorship” deal that smells like desperation. Nia Calloway warns him the coach’s debts run deep, while new ally JJ teaches Wolf how to turn rage into rhythm. But when Tessa Briggs is declared “upgraded” instead of missing, the floor drops out. A descent into Prestige’s basement exposes a rigged system, a ghost in an old uniform, and the first glimpse of what ECHO really means. Then the locker door closes…and someone knocks. Themes: Hunger vs control, exploitation in art, corruption, the cost of truth. Featuring: Wolf Dé Roses, Nia Calloway, Coach Thompson, JJ, Lexi Delgado, Jax Santiago, Maya Williams, Tessa Briggs Soundtrack vibe: Industrial hip-hop × dark R&B × glitch-jazz Setting: Prestige Performing Arts Academy – New Detroit Basement Level

    The Basketball Jerseys

  8. 10/25/2025

    The Cannibal Fruit

    Wolf Dé Roses begins to see Prestige’s perfect image crack when lunch turns into a revelation. An eerie cafeteria encounter, a mysterious coupon, and a glowing slice of Detroit pizza lead him into a secret that shouldn’t exist — Room 117½. Inside, graffiti whispers, “They Watch the Watchers,” and a new crew introduces him to a world of rebellion, chaos, and coded art. As paint drips and secrets surface, Wolf discovers that sometimes, creation consumes the creator. 🎧 Thee Performing Arts — A Detroit-based psychological drama where performance and identity blur.

    The Cannibal Fruit

  9. 10/22/2025

    The Rehearsal

    Wolf Dé Roses is officially inside Prestige Performing Arts Academy, High School—but nothing about “first day” feels normal. After spotting Lexi and Jax near the Art Wing, Wolf notices something fall from Lexi’s pocket: a dented metal box labeled CANNIBAL FRUIT™ — BANNED FLAVORS ONLY. He pockets it without thinking… and spends the rest of the day feeling like the school noticed. On the way to campus, Wolf gets tested at a gas station by students from a rival school. A quick fight breaks out, and Wolf handles it—clean. But the moment turns stranger when an older, sharply dressed man silently observes the scene and acknowledges Wolf like he’s been watching his story unfold. At Prestige, rumors of “The Incident” still haunt the halls. Wolf is placed in the wrong class, abruptly corrected by the front office, and sent to Art—where the welcome is colder than the marble floors. He draws anyway, creating a graffiti-stained Mona Lisa that catches attention… including from a polished Apex student whose stare feels like a threat. Minutes later, Wolf’s work is ruined in front of everyone by a sudden crimson paint spill. The sabotage is treated like “clumsiness,” but the message is clear: he’s being sized up, and the school is already trying to break his confidence. Shaken, Wolf escapes into the hallway—and runs into Maya Williams, a student who seems to be documenting glitches in the building itself. She reveals her own Cannibal Fruit box… and when Wolf pulls out his, the moment shifts from coincidence to warning. Maya gives Wolf a secret meeting location—Room 117½—and a password: “CANON.” Before Wolf can ask what any of it truly means, Maya disappears—leaving Wolf with a glowing box, an invitation, and the uncomfortable realization that Prestige isn’t just watching him… …it’s recruiting him. Lexi Delgado gets called to the office for a very specific reason… and somehow walks out less punished than usual, which only makes her more suspicious. Ms. Harris cuts the noise, issues a hall pass, and sends Lexi back to class—no detours, no games. Principal Gray watches it all like a man performing himself. Because he is. On the walk to Conference B, Gray’s internal “am I doing this right?” spiral hits hard: Would the real Gray have handled Lexi the same way? Would he have been colder? Cleaner? Crueler? Gray keeps the mask on anyway—perfect tie, perfect posture, perfect lie. Waiting for him: Mrs. Brinkley. Cafeteria power. Quiet menace. “Cafeteria mafia” energy—polite, calm, and way too comfortable holding leverage. Gray takes the head seat like it’s oxygen, reminding himself that Prestige runs on optics, timing, and silence. Everyone in this building has secrets. But no one’s carrying one bigger than his. Ends on: Gray entering the meeting, locking back into “Principal Gray” mode—while the real story stays buried for another day.

    The Rehearsal

  10. 10/22/2025

    The Struggle

    Wolf Dé Roses faces his first full day at Prestige Performing Arts Academy — and quickly learns that talent isn’t enough to survive here. Between silent judgment, coded rules, and the weight of being the outsider, every classroom feels like a stage he’s not invited to perform on. When a strange can labeled Cannibal Fruit™ lands on his desk, Wolf begins to question if the pressure is just psychological… or something much darker. 🎭 Thee Performing Arts — A Prestige Story Arc I: Welcome to Prestige #PsychologicalThriller #DarkAcademia #DetroitFiction #TheePerformingArts #PodcastSeries

    The Struggle

  11. 10/21/2025

    Welcome to Prestige | The Performing Arts Begins

    Last night, Wolf Dé Roses dreamed of the stage collapsing beneath him. This morning, he’s standing in front of Prestige Performing Arts Academy — the most elite school in New Detroit, where art isn’t just talent, it’s survival. In this opening chapter, Wolf steps into a world of marble halls, whispered rankings, and students who treat performance like religion. Every gasp, gesture, and glance has a price. 🎭 The Performing Arts is a cinematic audio series blending psychological thriller, urban fantasy, and Detroit mystery. Written & Created by: Wolf Dé Roses Setting: New Detroit (2008) Genre: Audio Drama · Thriller · Mystery · Urban Fantasy 🎧 New chapters every week on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you listen.

    Welcome to Prestige | The Performing Arts Begins
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In 2008’s New Detroit, art is survival. Prestige Performing Arts Academy isn’t a school—it’s a battleground where performance decides your worth and every mistake can erase your name. Follow fourteen-year-old Wolf Dé Roses, a graffiti-born prodigy pulled into an elite world of stage perfection, coded rankings, and whispered cults. Each chapter blurs dream and reality, stitched together by haunting soundscapes, looping memories, and the voices of those who vanished before him. Thee Performing Arts is a cinematic audio series mixing psychological thriller, social commentary, and Detroit soul. Every performance leaves a mark. Every echo has a price.

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  • Creator
    Wolf De Roses
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © WIA GALLERY LLC
  • Show Website
    Thee Performing Arts