Life intervened. Cofounder Amy Murphy, who met Nolen when both were at Upper Darby Summer Stage, says that as of the mid-1980s, "Terry was in L.A., trying to find work there. I was in New York, and Aaron was in grad school in Dallas at SMU. When Terry said, 'Let's do this,' I thought, 'Sure, I can go down for a few weeks and help out.' Right. We were 24, young, and dumb enough to do it."