Theater is that way, too.
Paulus, a 1997 Directors Project alum, speaks from experience. Part of her efforts in returning theater to its origins also lies in making it part of local culture. Paulus' love for neighborhood activism is part of her personal history. Although the Manhattan native grew up immersed in the arts as a child dancer with the New York City Ballet and as an actress, Paulus claimed she always entertained the dream of becoming the mayor of New York City. After several years of acting and directing in New York, she and her writer husband Randy Weiner moved to Door County, Wisconsin, where they got their production company, Project 400, off the ground with increasingly irreverent productions, to increasingly large acclaim.