Setting the Stage: Recent Episodes
Quinn Rose
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.
What happened to Stage East after Pier Gynt? In the conclusion to Setting the Stage, we dive into the arc of the last three decades of art and theater in Eastport.
Pier Gynt turned the subtext of Eastport into text by adapting a play to fit the town. But art is always shaped by the place it was made and the people who made it, which is evident by the way Stage East has grown and changed over time. This is the end of Setting the Stage, but still somewhere the middle of the full Stage East story. Thank you for listening.
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?
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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.
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Eastport, Maine is on the edge of the earth. This episode explores the history of this city and the beginning of organized arts in the community.
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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.
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