Re: ((Psst: thanks for reminding me to actually write Autumn's scenes there! :-P))
There's a difference between keeping calm and sitting on your ass to watch a play. They could have been preparing for their turn on a chopper or helping to inform others, etc. Especially when sitting in a theatre could make them targets for the people entering the city with bullets. You're a doctor. Surely, there were more important things for you to do than perform on a stage.