When you’re trying to put on a five-act play from 1867 in a tiny island town that’s never had a full theater program before, what does it mean to succeed? Is getting up the show enough? Or is it about the deeper goals: connecting with a community, bringing different people together, and creating sustainable art?<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>.

The Arts Are Basic to Life

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.