The tagline for Cornerstone Theater's Eastport residency is that they bridged the neighboring communities of Eastport and Pleasant Point with their production. In this episode, we dive into the history of this Passamaquoddy reservation and what happened when Cornerstone arrived in town.<br><br>Find us on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/setthestagefm">@setthestagefm</a>.<br>Visit us online and find transcripts <a href="http://settingthestagepodcast.com">here</a>.

Theater in a Place Like This

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.