Katie Su, a theater administrator at the CCPD who is handling this plan, explains that the name is borrowed from abroad, from the English. Originally it means that both personnel and funding come from the local area, and what is performed also has the objective of serving the local community.
承辦這項推廣計畫的文建會視察蘇桂枝說明，這個名詞原是舶來品，譯自英文 community theatre，原指人員及經費都出自當地社區，演出也以服務當地為主旨。