And.. and the military and theater communities are actually very similar. You have a group of people trying to accomplish a mission greater than themselves

It's not about you. You have a role, you have to know your role within that team

Every team has a leader or director. Sometimes they're smart, sometimes they're not

You're forced to be intimate with complete strangers in a short amount of time, the self-discipline, the self-maintenance

I thought, how great would it be to create a space that combined these two seemingly dissimilar communities

that brought entertainment to a group of people that considering their occupation, could handle something a bit more thought provoking than the typical mandatory fun events that I remember being volun-told to go to in the military

all well-intended but slightly offensive events like "Win a Date with a San Diego Chargers Cheerleader" where you answer a question about pop culture

If you get it right you win a date, which was a chaperoned walk around the parade deck with this you know, already married, pregnant cheerleader

Nothing against cheerleaders, I love cheerleaders. The point is more, how great would it be to have theater presented through characters that were accessible without being condescending