i do community theater when i am not in school.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Community theatre refers to theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities\u2014its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community. It may refer to theatre that is made entirely by a community with no outside help, or to a collaboration between community members and professional theatre artists, or to performance made entirely by professionals that is addressed to a particular community. Community theatres range in size from small groups led by single individuals that perform in borrowed spaces to large permanent companies with well-equipped facilities of their own. Many community theatres are successful, non-profit businesses with a large active membership and, often, a full-time professional staff. Community theatre is often devised and may draw on popular theatrical forms, such as carnival, circus, and parades, as well as performance modes from commercial theatre. Community theatre is understood to contribute to the social capital of a community, insofar as it develops the skills, community spirit, and artistic sensibilities of those who participate, whether as producers or audience-members. It is used as a tool for social development, promoting ideas like gender equality, human rights, environment and democracy.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love going to community theatres to watch some shows."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, me too!  I went to the Spokane Civic Theater in Washington a while back.  I guess it is one of the oldest community theaters in the US."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's pretty cool! How old is it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The theater started in 1947.  It has won a lot of awards as well."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's quite old! I thought it would've been older though."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is pretty recent.  I would imagine it does well as most community theaters have a large membership and employ full-time professional staff."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I would imagine that as well, yeah."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I visited the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on the same trip.  They produce eleven plays during the festival.  It was really cool."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Sounds like it, I wanna go there sometime."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think the festival began in 1935."}]