Going to Grad School to Start a Theatre Company?

[maeda]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before, and I'm sure my situation is a little unusual. I just graduated last month with a Bachelor's Degree in "Japanese Language, Literature and Culture," because I had initially planned to become a literary translator; but for a few years now, I've had this idea of starting a performance company specifically

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[maeda]

There are a lot of people who have the passion for whatever they want their nonprofit to be about, but those people sometimes lack the business skills to keep their organization running.

This!! This is what I'm most worried about. I know I've got the passion and the ideas for my nonprofit, but I don't have that shrewd business mind that people always talk about, and I don't have the skills to even start an organization, much less maintain it.

I only have experience working with people with developmental disabilities like me. But then, I've only helped run support groups for them. I'm a little worried that if I make it too broad and say "anyone with a disability!" I won't be able to help everyone fairly or equally, but I also don't want to exclude anyone. :(

I'd like to go back to school full-time for a MBM, and the college I just graduated from has a program for that (I'm in Maryland, by the way!) but I was wondering if I needed to do more than that while in grad school because it's going to be a performing arts organization. Or if an MBM isn't the best fit for what I want to do, you know?