that works perfectly, i can say he grew up in enderlin for sure! would she have been part of the theater club or anything in high school? because we could say they met and were tight that way but drifted when he went to la for college for 6 years, and then reconnected after he graduated and moved back in 2016? he probably posted on craigslist to get a movie-making group together so it could be a serendipity type coincidence.