Say you aren’t concerned with ridding the world of violence and you despise giving money to charity. Guilt will not pressure you into spending 15 of your hard-earned dollars on some activist-driven production, even if all of the proceeds of the show benefit the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence. You need a less-progressive reason — a cooler reason, even — to support this weekend’s production of A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Pray at Onyx Theatre.

Try this on for size: Encouraging future badass rockers.

See, the dozen or so actors in MMRP are volunteers, many of who have no prior stage experience. Undoubtedly, some will perform, pat themselves on the back and never look toward the bright lights again. Then again, some might realize for the very first time that they have in them the ability to be a performer.

It has been known to happen.

Actually, that is exactly what happened to MMRP director Judi Brown after her first venture in community theater. Perhaps best known for being one-fifth of electro-rock outfit Love Pentagon or one-third of worldbeat group Pan de Sal, Brown’s on-stage beginnings have nothing to do with music and everything to do with a play. Not just any play, but UNLV’s yearly production of The Vagina Monologues, which also was written by MMRP playwright Eve Ensler.

“I’d never been on stage before,” Brown recalls. “I’d actually just started playing an instrument. Performing in The Vagina Monologues is what helped me realize that I could be a performer. Eventually, I channeled my energy into Pan de Sal and Love Pentagon.”

Sure, even without the Monologues, Brown may have found a way to the white-and-black striped sweaters and space-age getups her two bands are known for... but you never know, maybe not. Brown gives partial credit to community theater and its ability to inspire both participant and observer. Now, as she moves into her directorial debut, who knows what inspiration her cast might find?