 Hi, my name is Beatriz Cadenas and I'm here with Elizabeth Wolff, writer, director, and producer of Dreams of 18. So tell us a little bit about Dreams of 18. I like to write poetry and that's the way that I tell stories. I just sat and I hid out in the library and I wrote this piece just honestly and truthfully from the heart. So tell us a little bit about your character. So her name is Mallory and she is a freshman at Berkeley and when finals week rolls around she decides to leave and quit and just like got really overwhelmed by all of those little adjustments that we all went through freshman year first semester and she decides you know what I need to make a new decision and find home somewhere else. Is there any song in the musical that you identify with the most? I really like the song Blue Dream. It's about getting high and she sings about like like looking for disaster and I think I mean I personally have had that moment where I'm like wow I'm gonna do something a little bit reckless and it's gonna be awesome. We're here with Danny who plays young Mallory. Tell us a little bit about your character. She is just showing a contrast of who Mallory used to be and who Mallory is now because Mallory now is pretty jaded and fed up and young Mallory is full of hope and life and excited about everything. So that's that's young Mallory's goal in the show. Because this is a musical about trying to find your place in the world do you have any advice for incoming students? I would say take a moment, journal or go for a walk or take a minute to yourself and really think about the thing that makes you excited and if it doesn't exist here already, go make it because odds are there are a ton of students somewhere that are passionate about the same things that you were passionate about. Now is Dreams of 18 your passion? 300%. Awesome. Thank you so much for being with us and giving us this interview. Make sure to check out Dreams of 18 at Piano Fight Theater in San Francisco, December. My name is Beatriz Cadenas and this is Dreams of 18. For the most part they all work with the theater department here at Cal so we kind of have a similar language which is nice.