 believe the first production that Herbert Zaglenza performed in and co-wrote at San Diego Rep was in 1993 I think I'm not sure around that day but if you think how long ago that was as a member of Culture Clash and I've been a giant fan of Culture Clash my whole career and I met a man who's as believes that theater is an active citizenship and cares about the community, cares about diversity, cares about the two California's, cares about the future of the California's and is a virtuoso writer and performer and so what more perfect playwright to be at San Diego Rep which is 20 minutes from the Mexican border and we as we get ready to produce our 50th play written by a Latino playwright in our history it's a play by Herbert Zaglenza manifest that's tonight is opening September 2016 but it's been a process like he says since 1993 Sam Woodhouse was one of the first artistic directors to give Culture Clash a in a Lord D run and that got us into the system into the regional theater system so the the the trust that he's had in my work is just is amazing he he has produced all my solo plays post Culture Clash plays you have produced all of them this will be my fourth solo play at the Rep and so it's truly a home where I can express myself and he gives me the freedom because I think we're we have the same goal and that's citizenship that's the mission of the theater I believe in the mission in the theater and he believes in my mission as an artist so it works great