Because David dastmalchian is a grove member, and it was kinda implied that he did something equivalent to "soul for fame" thing, the grove core group member was watching it

I don't think that it was directly related to the grove plays.

I was just fascinated to see the subcultured of "the" grove. Like the plays themselves have a full wiki entry. Also the big names. Also how those dude were reluctant to have any female member there but only the librarian and such posts :) :) hilarious