 I'm Elsa Smith and I'm the director of Laney's here at the Con. My work includes directing for many universities across the country and the way it's written completely stretches the actors and the students. As we all know it's a huge musical so there's a lot for them to tackle and it really pushes their skill sets into new areas and challenges them in ways that I think a lot of musicals don't challenge actors. It's a great childhood in history! It's their hunger, their bravery, there's something vital about working with them and what they bring to the work and that you can't get anywhere else.