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A bar bet 30 years ago became South Dakota's most beloved community theater, built entirely by farmers.
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- How a small-town bet turned into a thriving 30-year theater tradition
- What it takes to build a volunteer arts institution from the ground up
- Why a farming community rallies around live theater every single year
- How local arts can generate real, lasting benefit for a rural community
About this episode
Trey and Brian take the stage with the founder of the biggest little theater company in South Dakota Kristi Brunes.Kristi Brunes is the founder and principal director of the Stratford Community Theater in Stratford, South Dakota. Born from a bar bet 30 years ago, the Stratford Community Theater is a celebrated regional institution composed entirely of volunteers from the local farming community who put on a yearly play, the proceeds from which greatly benefit the local community.
Brian Phelps is an American radio personality, actor, and comedian best known for co-hosting the nationally and globally syndicated Mark & Brian Morning Show in Los Angeles for 25 years. As the co-lead of his own television series, with multiple roles in movies, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Phelps is also an inductee in the Radio Hall of Fame.
Trey Callaway is an American film and TV writer and producer who wrote the hit movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and has produced successful TV series like CSI:NY, Supernatural, Rush Hour, Revolution, The Messengers, APB, Station 19 and 9-1-1 LONE STAR. He is also a Professor at USC.
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Welcome to Be Good Humans, the humourous and often heartwarming and entertaining weekly podcast where Radio Hall of Fame member and comedian Brian Phelps teams up with award-winning television showrunner and professor Trey Callaway.
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