A self-described tough bird – or did she say broad? – Jan coinedthe term “theatrician” to describe her test of Jacqueline-of-all-tradesapproach to the theater. “For me it was walking into another world – theability to leave behind that which I was dealing with and walk into a wholeother world. I needed that validation – that audience validation – I needed thereinforcement of the community that was being built.”