”A Full Circle” by Mieke Rosecrans

Welcome to the second quarter of "Office Hours"! This week, we are doing a very special show. Rather than interviewing a professor or student, we are doing a dramatic reading of "A Full Circle", a short play by UC Irvine student playwright, Mieke Rosecrans. This play follows four college students in a support group, as they navigate friendship, mental illness, and grief. Trigger Warning: This short play deals with the topics of death, chronic illness, mental illness, addiction, and suicidal themes. Please take care when listening. The people reading the roles were as follows: Tess: Mieke Rosecrans Abby: Cybelle Kaehler Daniel: Victor Bolyshkanov Owen: Aaron Cirillo Our intro song was "If I Had a Dime", by David Ryan Harris. The other songs used in this episode were "Out of the Woods" by Nickel Creek, "Minism" by Taylor Dupree, and "Rest of My Life" by Nickel Creek. Though we are now producing episodes and interviewing guests remotely, the show is continuing to air new episodes every week. Our broadcast time is now Wednesdays at 8:00 AM instead of Thursdays, and we now have two cohosts instead of one- Ingrid Allen has joined Cybelle Kaehler on the "Office Hours" team.