In this interview Gay Smith discusses topics such as: growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah; attending Occidental College in Los Angeles and University of Hawaii to get her Masters degree in Drama and Theater; finishing her Ph.D. at UCLA in 1983; writing a dissertation on George Sand’s theater career; teaching at Cal State Los Angeles; visiting France with students; interview process at Wesleyan; teaching and the types of students at Wesleyan; collaborating with Fritz de Boer, Bill Ward, Jack Carr and Bill Francisco in the theater department; appreciation for the Wasch Center for Retired Faculty