A community theater group in Barron County, celebrates a big milestone in 2026.

They've produced shows and their historic venue for two decades, even in 2020, performing in masks.

Our Laura Rogers visits them on set a dress rehearsal for A Christmas Carol.

This is our part of our arts and culture segment that we call tapestry.

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It takes humor, hard work, and a few special effects to help a production of this caliber come together.

I'd like to think that the productions that we do are a little bit even more than a cut above your traditional community theater.

The city of Glasgow has had community theater since the 1950s, but it would be decades later, in 2006, that the far off Broadway Players would begin a two decade run at the historic Plaza Theater.

I did my first play when I was six.

That spawned a lifelong love of theater for Paul Felter, who for the past eight years has led the group as artistic director.

Have corpus.

Who challenges us, I think as a group, which we.

Me.

I was scared because I had only ever directed professionally.

But what I was amazed at.

I didn't see any difference in the talent.

A talent that extends beyond the stage for cast members like Peggy Goodman.

Doing a little bit of everything, such as in the 2015 production of You Can't Take It With You.

I directed that show.

I made costumes for the show, design the set for the show.

I designed the props for the show, and then I collapsed after the show.

That show, a comedy which Goodman says goes over well with audiences.

We have enough hard things in life to deal with it.

With I have a chance to laugh.

They take that chance.

They need that.

Community theater itself a need.

According to Peggy's husband and fellow far Off Broadway member, Glasgow attorney Charlie Goodman.

It's just as much as as necessity, as industry, as retailers.

If it were missing a piece of the quality of life necessary for a fully rounded community would be missing.

The group of 501 C3 has vowed not to let that happen.

Producing nearly 70 shows over the past 20 years across all genres.

Drama, comedy, horror, a full blown musical, little shop of horrors.

And seeing it all come to life in this beautiful, three dimensional presentation is just magical.

It can also be emotional for those who fully immerse themselves in these characters.

Peggy Goodman says one of her favorite roles was Daisy Worthen and Driving Miss Daisy.

In the scene where she is trying to find her papers to get to get ready to go to school and for some reason, that was always an emotional part for me.

If you actually learn your lines the way you are supposed to, then you are not you.

You have morphed into somebody else.

It takes a lot of volunteers and passionate people for Far Off Broadway to continue to thrive.

Serving the community as a community.

Gives you a chance to meet people, work with people, be with people that your parents never would have crossed.

Before.

A gift to treasure this holiday season for Kentucky edition.

I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you Laura.

Shows on tap for 2026 include Jane Austen's Lady Susan.

Moonlight and Magnolias, Dracula and It's a Wonderful Life.