Stage Coach Players began in DeKalb County in the summer of 1947, shortly after World War II had ended and America was ready to entertain and be entertained. The first season of plays were performed in a large barn on the John Ellwood Ilehamwood Farm. Permission was received to use the farm's antique stage coach as a ticket office, hence the name Stage Coach Players was coined, and the troupe became the area's only live theatre company.