If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.