This American Life episode about small town theater?

February 21, 2021 10:46 PM

I'm trying to find a This American Life episode about a small town that was economically depressed. One year they put on a show where residents told their stories and it became a yearly tradition that is now the basis of the town's economy.

I think the town was in the South and at least at one point, they brought in a director from NYC, which maybe caused some tension? The show might have had the word gravy in the title, but that could be wrong.

posted by matildatakesovertheworld to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

Swamp Gravy was an episode on the NPR podcast Planet Money and the town was Colquitt, Georgia. I found the episode entertaining. Here's a Wikipedia article.
posted by mundo at 11:21 PM on February 21 [10 favorites]

Yes, thank you mundo! That episode is exactly what I was thinking of.
posted by matildatakesovertheworld at 9:12 AM on February 22 [1 favorite]