This is a story about Eastport, Maine, and the Cornerstone Theater Company. It's also a story about theater, art, community, and rural America. There will be new episodes every other Thursday starting on January 31st. Find us on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/setthestagefm">@setthestagefm</a>. Visit us online and find transcripts <a href="http://settingthestagepodcast.com">here</a>.

On the Edge of the Earth

In 1990, a group of idealistic theater majors arrived in a sleepy fishing village with one lofty goal: to create theater that could sustain itself in a rural, economically disadvantaged, and socially divided community. This is the story of Eastport, Maine, Cornerstone Theater Company, and the decades that followed.