May 3, 2024 • 21 mins
Chip Gregory, Executive Producer of Rogue Theatrics, and local downtown business owner Alex Sheridan spoke with Eric Mosley about their upcoming Bar Sing-a-Long at The Dock at Bucci's and the background of their partnership.
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So I always hear from people thatI know in Marion, what is there
to do in Marion? There's alwaysthat question. You see it on Facebook,
you hear it from your friends andfamily. Well, right now I'm
sitting with two guys that are bringingsomething to do in Marion that's a little
unique. It's definitely new to thisarea, and I think it's something that
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can really gain some traction as itgrows and develops. So with me right
now, Chip Gregory, who isthe I'm just going to say, the
grand leader of Rogue Theatrics. Isthat a good title for you, Chip,
I'll take it, okay? Andthen we have Alex Sheridan, who
is the owner of I mean,I want to list them all boucies the
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brickyard, am I well, Urbanfive oh one, which is above bouchies,
we'll say local entrepreneur perner. Butdoes that work for you? All
right? And they are bringing somethingreally exciting to the Marion area, and
I want instead of me introducing it, I want you guys to just take
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it for a minute and tell everybodywhat's coming. Yeah, So coming up
the summer, we've pretty much programmedthe summer season with a bunch of smaller
events as well as our theatrical cabarets. So for instance, first up,
this is something that Alex actually approachedjust about, which is you know,
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the the pub choirs or the barsing alongs as they're known here. They
started in Ireland and it's grown.It's something big. You probably saw it
on TikTok or YouTube, but wewanted to do our version and so that
is going to be coming up onMay sixteenth. It's a Thursday at six
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thirty. We have a special guestwho is hosting the evening. He's going
to be our with the car,a choir director and our keyboardist. And
that's Tanner Wink who is currently inColumbus as a working actor there and also
he had lived in New York buthe's back in central Ohio, so we're
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happy to have him. And thewhole night is going to be abba aba
song. Oh you can't go wrong, yeah abba songs yeah yeah, So
it's gonna be fantastic. We can'twait for that. And that will be
at the Dock and it's going tobe a good time. Now, we
are doing a ten dollars cover charge, and yes, usually do a cover
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charge at the venue, but we'reactually doing online because the seating will be
first come, first served, Soyou know, the online folks who purchased
their tickets can literally get the bestseat in the house because they will be
let in first. Now, thedock, if anybody doesn't know, that
is behind Boucheese, well behind andyet to the side because you also have
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the outdoor area. But the dockis the bar that is kind of in
the back of Bouchies and Alex You'veyou've taken over as a sole owner of
of that that facility. How importantwas it for you to have some events
that can not only feature the restaurantbut also all of that that's around and
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a part of Bouchi's. Yeah,well, I think what's most important is
getting the right events, you know, that bring the right energy and kind
of culture. I think it's veryimportant in the like the brand building of
all of that and just getting peoplein there and getting them accustomed to coming
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coming downtown and coming to the tothat building and just leaving just with awesome
feels, you know, like it'sgoing to be such a good time and
everybody's going to That's that's very thewhole pup choir thing is just very what's
the word like, it's it's immersive. It's immersive, like yeah, your
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whole body. It's just like youwatch the videos of it and you just
kind of tear up a little bitfor no reason. And it creates,
it creates, it creates community.Well, when Alex Firs showed me a
couple of videos, I got emotionaland it was like, why am I
having this reaction? And there's justsomething about all these people coming together and
the energy that you just felt eventhrough the video. So we can't wait.
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We're excited. Yeah, it's somethingthat hasn't been in Marrion as far
as I know, necessarily ever,and it's a great opportunity for people who
maybe you used to be inquired andyou just want a chance to get out
and sing with people again, ormaybe you just love Abbess songs, or
you just want an evening out duringthe week that you've had a rough day.
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And I know that on a Thursdayevening sometimes it's like pre weekend party,
you know, on Thursday evening.So I think it's going to be
great. And this is just anotherone of those examples of this part partnership
that Rogue Theatrix and Alex through theBrickyard and Urban five oh one has brought
together and Chip kind of talked tous about that partnership, especially since Rogue
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has not even been around a yearyet, and how important that partnership has
been for Roque Theatrics. Well,before I even start that with how much
Alex has helped us, I haveto start with the conversation that those of
us that you know wanted to dothis venture. We had a meeting with
Luke Henry, and if it wasn'tfor him, I don't think it would
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have sparked the progress we've had thisyear, because as you know, we
were not going to start until thisyear, right this summer, and because
of what Luke had done for usgiving us a chance, backing us along
with Alex. And now with youknow, we're working with Alex slowly.
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I think why. I think weshare the same mission in trying to bring
culture and marian a destination right forentertainment, food right, all of that,
the holistic approach. So many folksand Marion either go to Columbus or
Delaware or even Repperson Dusky. Wehave this beautiful venues and all the beautiful
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venues happen to be owned by Alex. So we are so fortunate. But
the idea is a drive volume downtown, right, make it the hub.
And I think that's something that Alexand Luke started a few years back,
and they have just you know,I grew up here. People don't know
that. They think I just came, and I think I can appreciate that.
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I think I'm the oldest one heretoo. Well, we won't,
we won't compare ages. Yeah,yeah, but that that's I think that's
what sparks our partnership, and Alexis willingness to take a chance on us
and has just we've just we're justso fortunate, and I think we just
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think our lucky stars because we can'tbelieve we've come this far and you know,
within a year. Yeah, it'sit's been amazing to see. I'm
you know, lucky enough to havebeen a part of this journey as well.
Uh, you know, it's kindof think of the old commercial.
You know, I'm not just I'mnot just an owner. I'm a client,
you know, right, So it'sit's been very special to see.
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But Alex on your side of it, as somebody that that has come along
to take a chance on this andto support it. What has that meant
for you? And what have youseen from Rogue that that just makes you
anxious to be able to use Roguetheatrics? Yeah, I think my favorite
part about partnering with Rouge is justhow unique everything that you guys do is,
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you know, and it's just that'swhat gets people's attention, and that's
what you know, drives drives thetraffic and builds the excitement. There's wonderful
theater community already in Marion, youknow, and this is like I think
they play perfectly together. I thinkthey each have their kind of different lanes.
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But I would almost call what youguys do it's almost like Gorilla theatrics.
You know. It's just like Icall it where the food Truck of
entertainment? Where the Palace? Yeah? It was fine dining, right,
Yeah, Yeah, I love it. And it's just like a just like
informal fun, a little little littlevulgar you know. It's it just it
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just brings like a really cool energy. Yeah, and that I think that's
been something that's been missing from Mariona lot of small towns, you know,
But I think Marion's very lucky tohave you guys, and I think
there are so many cities across acrossthe country that would just killed to have
something like that in the community.Well, and the drive chip is for
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this group to not only bring peopleinto marrying but also feature this homegrown talent.
Talk about that a little bit andwhat you've seen in growing this group
that has grown even bigger in thepast few weeks, and what you've seen
out of this group, Well,what's amazing to me is, you know,
Marion, especially me, looking backour talent. You know, we
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have incredible musicians here, but thetalent of acting and just performing is amazing.
I mean, we have folks thathave grew up here, went on
to Broadway, have been in lamyself included, and have come back since
the pandemic. So it's just itseems full circle, not just for me,
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but also there's four of us whopartner together. You are one.
But this started with a conversation withmy best friend, Christy Wink who we
grew up together on the stage andwe were Bill and Grace before it was
cool. And you know, she'sbeen on Broadway and we have a lot
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of our ensemble members have also workedprofessionally, either in Central Ohio or across
the state, and some have juststayed here. And I make jokes with
some of them because they're so talented, yet instead of doing this full time,
they're either music teachers or acting teachers, and I joke with him and
say, let's get your priorities straight, you know. But they want to
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help people whatever they want to teach. So we're just incredibly fortunate. And
we get a lot of people whocome to I start to say our shows,
we've only done too so far.But what surprised us most is we
are getting people from Columbus, Delaware. I think there was a couple of
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people from Cincinnati, which was strangeto me. I'm like, okay,
we'll take it, and you know, we want to be able to do
that. And you know, alsowhen people have come, they were surprised
with the show and said where didyou get these people? How did you
They're from Marion and they people areshocked. Now, so yeah, so,
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and it's all it's all written originally, the sketches are written now.
Obviously the songs so far are justsongs that everybody knows. But the band
is made up of local people thatwere selected. The ensemble is all people
that are local who have done showsat the Palace. They've done shows many
different places, and all of thesketches are written by people in the group,
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and that is something that's very impressive. Some that I co wrote with
when I was in in my LAdays. I've been doing this for twenty
years now. They're called the Cabaretshows. You know, people think that
shadow Box cabaret who I adore.By the way, shout out to Tom
Cardinal and Saturday I live as acabaret, but without the food, you
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know, so people think that that'sa new thing. It's like, no,
this cabaret has been around for overone hundred years. But the biggest
thing for me is being able todo what I've done in Chicago, New
York, in LA and bring itto Marion and be embraced as we has
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just blown my mind. Well,I think I think one of the best
ways to grow Marian is by increasingpeople's quality of life. I think that
having things like that to do andhaving outlets like that for the creative people,
you know, just like an opportunityfor them to express themselves. And
yeah, I just I think thatis really beneficial to like the big communal
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picture, you know, well thegrowth of marrying has it's not just one
thing, it's multi layered and alot of different things. And hopefully what
Rogue is doing is fitting into thatand helping to grow it as well.
And I think it is. Iam biased, obviously, but I do
think it is. And Rogue hasanother pretty big show coming up, chip
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and let's talk about that a littlebit. Yeah, you know, we
were talking about the Palace and Ialso do volunteer work for the Palace and
for many of us, you know, we love her. The Palace is
like we call her her, likea ship but a big part of our
lives. That's where we started,you know, under the toothlage of George
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Tram and of course my mentor theGrand damn herself, Claire Cook. And
it's it's an honor to be ableto do this show because we figured out
a partnership, you know, likeAlex and I were saying earlier, you
know, they do performing art,you know, and we're the you know
the that live uh more like eventtheatrics or what they call experimental theater or
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gorilla theater. Really the cabaret.Now they have a high end cabaret that
they do. Their version of cabaretis not ours. Yeah, because with
that comes you know, alcohol,food, entertainment, comedy. And so
we Kirk reached out Kirk Dettweiler,the executive director, and said, hey,
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let's let's see if we can figureout a partnership. And so we're
going to do it in the MayPavilion, and we're going to do two
fundraisers for the May Pavilion or forthe Palace rather in their venue, the
Pavilion, And with that we're goingto have we kind of describe it as
a carnie side show on a beachsetting, right, So not for children.
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Yeah, we we cannot stress thatenough. This is not for the
kiddies. And what we've found isby you know, normally, the Pavilion
would not really be a place forus because it doesn't lend itself well to
the you know, the food part, right, And that's what's so great
about doing this at a venue likeone of Alex's venues. But we're going
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to figure it out. And wehave a taste of Memphis which is joining
the fun. And I love theTurner family shout out to shawna yes,
and they have been so supportive.So they're going to do like this barbecue
or not a barbecue action. We'regoing to do like a neighborhood cookout complete
with snow cone machines, you know, cotton candy machines, and it's gonna
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be this like this Carnie Boardwalk feelto the whole thing. We're getting some
businesses involved, you know, andit's more than just a cabaret where it's
just going to be this whole We'regonna have a silent auction and raffle and
just a fun party atmosphere. Andit falls in line with what Rogue has
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done so far as doing something thathas not necessarily been done. You'll recognize
the fact that their songs, theirsketches, there's dancing like you would have
in most of any show you sawat the Palace, but the content is
going to be a little bit morecurrent Rogue. It's going Rogue and it
will be it's not controversial, butit will push some boundaries. But it's
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funny and it's meant to bring peopletogether and just look at life and say,
oh, yeah, that is silly, that is crazy. But also
supporting local, and I think that'sthe overreaching thing more than anything with what
Rogue does. What you want todo, Alex is support local as much
as possible. Yes, and againyou know, drive volume downtown. I
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keep I think that is of course, our mission is to do you know,
great work and great entertainment. Butbefore that, everything we do we
filter through that is this going tohelp bring? So for example, yes,
we you know, we partner witha restaurant or a Kadie and Company,
But the whole idea is you canbuy tickets for that or you can
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just buy general seating. You goto a restaurant and then afterwards you go
to a bar. Right, butit's all happening downtown. Everything we do
is that in mind. And yeah, so we're excited to be partnering with
with the Palace on this. Andalso that is June twenty eighth and twenty
ninth a Friday Saturday, and ticketsare on sale. And what's the website
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they can get tickets Rogue Theatricslive dotcom. There we go, and so
you'll want to get tickets not onlyfor that show but for the very unique
experience that's going to be at thedock at Bouci's the bars sing along and
you can get those tickets on thatsame site. That's right, and there'll
also be food and drink to purchasethere at the dock as well. Could
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you explain a little bit more aboutwhat the about what that is. So
the whole how a bar sing alongworks, and there's different variations of it,
is we all come together and drinklots of wine and beer, and
we have a song leader and it'susually three parts, and this is how
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we're going to do it, howTanner is going to do it, and
we'll teach the songs to everybody intheir parts. There's no site reading.
We'll have the lyrics on it,you know, a projector and screen and
so he practices with everybody. It'sjust this fun practice. It's very informal
and very communal. It's great todo with your friends and family. And
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then we take a break and thenwe perform for each other and it's usually
you know, some do it inthe round, some do it like we're
going to do. The doc isreally the perfect venue for this. The
way it's configured, you know,with the two points going into the middle,
and it's amazing how good it sounds, even if you have a room
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full of people who don't know howto sing. There's just something about it.
And you know, I think manypeople who go to church have that
feeling too, when you know it'sthat it's it's you know, it's kind
of like secular. It's kind oflike a secular version of that church experience
of whip service. Yeah, yeah, thank you for those terms. Yes,
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so we nothing like this has beendone. I didn't even know about
it until Alex brought it to ourattention during a meeting. I think you
said, hey, have you heardabout this? And I mean, of
course, I'm like, what isthis? And so that's pretty much it
it. I know it sounds informal, but it's just if you get on
YouTube and check out some you'll definitelywant to be here. And our goal
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is to we would like to dothis frequently, you know, monthly if
we can, it would be great. Well. And the chance to be
able to pay a ten dollars covercharge and actually be a part of the
entertainment with no pressure whatsoever, Ithink is it's a nice, inexpensive evening
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and you get to meet new people. You'll be there with friends as well,
and it's communal, and like Alexsaid, it's immersive, and we
want to do more immersive events likeour you know, we're planning on we're
in pre production now for a murdermystery this summer. Yeah, but you're
right, and also I need toadd that there will be a you know,
it's a three or four piece bandon an acoustic band with Tanner yep.
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So it's not just somebody with akeyboard or somebody with a guitar.
It's actually going to be a bandand it fits that room perfectly. You
don't want something that's too loud,but you also want something that can kind
of lead the show and lead themusic. I'm excited about it. I
cannot wait to be there for thatand I think it's just another exciting development
in Marion, and you guys areamazing for doing it, and I want
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to thank you guys for coming inand talking about it. Chip Gregory with
Rogue Theatrics, Alex Sheridan with Bouciesand Brickyard, thank you so much for
coming in talking about what's going on. And we'll have some more of these
conversations in the future, I'm sure
So I always hear from people thatI know in Marion, what is there
to do in Marion? There's alwaysthat question. You see it on Facebook,
you hear it from your friends andfamily. Well, right now I'm
sitting with two guys that are bringingsomething to do in Marion that's a little
unique. It's definitely new to thisarea, and I think it's something that
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can really gain some traction as itgrows and develops. So with me right
now, Chip Gregory, who isthe I'm just going to say, the
grand leader of Rogue Theatrics. Isthat a good title for you, Chip,
I'll take it, okay? Andthen we have Alex Sheridan, who
is the owner of I mean,I want to list them all boucies the
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brickyard, am I well, Urbanfive oh one, which is above bouchies,
we'll say local entrepreneur perner. Butdoes that work for you? All
right? And they are bringing somethingreally exciting to the Marion area, and
I want instead of me introducing it, I want you guys to just take
(01:07):
it for a minute and tell everybodywhat's coming. Yeah, So coming up
the summer, we've pretty much programmedthe summer season with a bunch of smaller
events as well as our theatrical cabarets. So for instance, first up,
this is something that Alex actually approachedjust about, which is you know,
(01:32):
the the pub choirs or the barsing alongs as they're known here. They
started in Ireland and it's grown.It's something big. You probably saw it
on TikTok or YouTube, but wewanted to do our version and so that
is going to be coming up onMay sixteenth. It's a Thursday at six
(01:53):
thirty. We have a special guestwho is hosting the evening. He's going
to be our with the car,a choir director and our keyboardist. And
that's Tanner Wink who is currently inColumbus as a working actor there and also
he had lived in New York buthe's back in central Ohio, so we're
(02:15):
happy to have him. And thewhole night is going to be abba aba
song. Oh you can't go wrong, yeah abba songs yeah yeah, So
it's gonna be fantastic. We can'twait for that. And that will be
at the Dock and it's going tobe a good time. Now, we
are doing a ten dollars cover charge, and yes, usually do a cover
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charge at the venue, but we'reactually doing online because the seating will be
first come, first served, Soyou know, the online folks who purchased
their tickets can literally get the bestseat in the house because they will be
let in first. Now, thedock, if anybody doesn't know, that
is behind Boucheese, well behind andyet to the side because you also have
(03:02):
the outdoor area. But the dockis the bar that is kind of in
the back of Bouchies and Alex You'veyou've taken over as a sole owner of
of that that facility. How importantwas it for you to have some events
that can not only feature the restaurantbut also all of that that's around and
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a part of Bouchi's. Yeah,well, I think what's most important is
getting the right events, you know, that bring the right energy and kind
of culture. I think it's veryimportant in the like the brand building of
all of that and just getting peoplein there and getting them accustomed to coming
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coming downtown and coming to the tothat building and just leaving just with awesome
feels, you know, like it'sgoing to be such a good time and
everybody's going to That's that's very thewhole pup choir thing is just very what's
the word like, it's it's immersive. It's immersive, like yeah, your
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whole body. It's just like youwatch the videos of it and you just
kind of tear up a little bitfor no reason. And it creates,
it creates, it creates community.Well, when Alex Firs showed me a
couple of videos, I got emotionaland it was like, why am I
having this reaction? And there's justsomething about all these people coming together and
the energy that you just felt eventhrough the video. So we can't wait.
(04:27):
We're excited. Yeah, it's somethingthat hasn't been in Marrion as far
as I know, necessarily ever,and it's a great opportunity for people who
maybe you used to be inquired andyou just want a chance to get out
and sing with people again, ormaybe you just love Abbess songs, or
you just want an evening out duringthe week that you've had a rough day.
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And I know that on a Thursdayevening sometimes it's like pre weekend party,
you know, on Thursday evening.So I think it's going to be
great. And this is just anotherone of those examples of this part partnership
that Rogue Theatrix and Alex through theBrickyard and Urban five oh one has brought
together and Chip kind of talked tous about that partnership, especially since Rogue
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has not even been around a yearyet, and how important that partnership has
been for Roque Theatrics. Well,before I even start that with how much
Alex has helped us, I haveto start with the conversation that those of
us that you know wanted to dothis venture. We had a meeting with
Luke Henry, and if it wasn'tfor him, I don't think it would
(05:34):
have sparked the progress we've had thisyear, because as you know, we
were not going to start until thisyear, right this summer, and because
of what Luke had done for usgiving us a chance, backing us along
with Alex. And now with youknow, we're working with Alex slowly.
(05:57):
I think why. I think weshare the same mission in trying to bring
culture and marian a destination right forentertainment, food right, all of that,
the holistic approach. So many folksand Marion either go to Columbus or
Delaware or even Repperson Dusky. Wehave this beautiful venues and all the beautiful
(06:24):
venues happen to be owned by Alex. So we are so fortunate. But
the idea is a drive volume downtown, right, make it the hub.
And I think that's something that Alexand Luke started a few years back,
and they have just you know,I grew up here. People don't know
that. They think I just came, and I think I can appreciate that.
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I think I'm the oldest one heretoo. Well, we won't,
we won't compare ages. Yeah,yeah, but that that's I think that's
what sparks our partnership, and Alexis willingness to take a chance on us
and has just we've just we're justso fortunate, and I think we just
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think our lucky stars because we can'tbelieve we've come this far and you know,
within a year. Yeah, it'sit's been amazing to see. I'm
you know, lucky enough to havebeen a part of this journey as well.
Uh, you know, it's kindof think of the old commercial.
You know, I'm not just I'mnot just an owner. I'm a client,
you know, right, So it'sit's been very special to see.
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But Alex on your side of it, as somebody that that has come along
to take a chance on this andto support it. What has that meant
for you? And what have youseen from Rogue that that just makes you
anxious to be able to use Roguetheatrics? Yeah, I think my favorite
part about partnering with Rouge is justhow unique everything that you guys do is,
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you know, and it's just that'swhat gets people's attention, and that's
what you know, drives drives thetraffic and builds the excitement. There's wonderful
theater community already in Marion, youknow, and this is like I think
they play perfectly together. I thinkthey each have their kind of different lanes.
(08:16):
But I would almost call what youguys do it's almost like Gorilla theatrics.
You know. It's just like Icall it where the food Truck of
entertainment? Where the Palace? Yeah? It was fine dining, right,
Yeah, Yeah, I love it. And it's just like a just like
informal fun, a little little littlevulgar you know. It's it just it
(08:43):
just brings like a really cool energy. Yeah, and that I think that's
been something that's been missing from Mariona lot of small towns, you know,
But I think Marion's very lucky tohave you guys, and I think
there are so many cities across acrossthe country that would just killed to have
something like that in the community.Well, and the drive chip is for
(09:05):
this group to not only bring peopleinto marrying but also feature this homegrown talent.
Talk about that a little bit andwhat you've seen in growing this group
that has grown even bigger in thepast few weeks, and what you've seen
out of this group, Well,what's amazing to me is, you know,
Marion, especially me, looking backour talent. You know, we
(09:31):
have incredible musicians here, but thetalent of acting and just performing is amazing.
I mean, we have folks thathave grew up here, went on
to Broadway, have been in lamyself included, and have come back since
the pandemic. So it's just itseems full circle, not just for me,
(09:52):
but also there's four of us whopartner together. You are one.
But this started with a conversation withmy best friend, Christy Wink who we
grew up together on the stage andwe were Bill and Grace before it was
cool. And you know, she'sbeen on Broadway and we have a lot
(10:16):
of our ensemble members have also workedprofessionally, either in Central Ohio or across
the state, and some have juststayed here. And I make jokes with
some of them because they're so talented, yet instead of doing this full time,
they're either music teachers or acting teachers, and I joke with him and
say, let's get your priorities straight, you know. But they want to
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help people whatever they want to teach. So we're just incredibly fortunate. And
we get a lot of people whocome to I start to say our shows,
we've only done too so far.But what surprised us most is we
are getting people from Columbus, Delaware. I think there was a couple of
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people from Cincinnati, which was strangeto me. I'm like, okay,
we'll take it, and you know, we want to be able to do
that. And you know, alsowhen people have come, they were surprised
with the show and said where didyou get these people? How did you
They're from Marion and they people areshocked. Now, so yeah, so,
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and it's all it's all written originally, the sketches are written now.
Obviously the songs so far are justsongs that everybody knows. But the band
is made up of local people thatwere selected. The ensemble is all people
that are local who have done showsat the Palace. They've done shows many
different places, and all of thesketches are written by people in the group,
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and that is something that's very impressive. Some that I co wrote with
when I was in in my LAdays. I've been doing this for twenty
years now. They're called the Cabaretshows. You know, people think that
shadow Box cabaret who I adore.By the way, shout out to Tom
Cardinal and Saturday I live as acabaret, but without the food, you
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know, so people think that that'sa new thing. It's like, no,
this cabaret has been around for overone hundred years. But the biggest
thing for me is being able todo what I've done in Chicago, New
York, in LA and bring itto Marion and be embraced as we has
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just blown my mind. Well,I think I think one of the best
ways to grow Marian is by increasingpeople's quality of life. I think that
having things like that to do andhaving outlets like that for the creative people,
you know, just like an opportunityfor them to express themselves. And
yeah, I just I think thatis really beneficial to like the big communal
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picture, you know, well thegrowth of marrying has it's not just one
thing, it's multi layered and alot of different things. And hopefully what
Rogue is doing is fitting into thatand helping to grow it as well.
And I think it is. Iam biased, obviously, but I do
think it is. And Rogue hasanother pretty big show coming up, chip
(13:22):
and let's talk about that a littlebit. Yeah, you know, we
were talking about the Palace and Ialso do volunteer work for the Palace and
for many of us, you know, we love her. The Palace is
like we call her her, likea ship but a big part of our
lives. That's where we started,you know, under the toothlage of George
(13:43):
Tram and of course my mentor theGrand damn herself, Claire Cook. And
it's it's an honor to be ableto do this show because we figured out
a partnership, you know, likeAlex and I were saying earlier, you
know, they do performing art,you know, and we're the you know
the that live uh more like eventtheatrics or what they call experimental theater or
(14:09):
gorilla theater. Really the cabaret.Now they have a high end cabaret that
they do. Their version of cabaretis not ours. Yeah, because with
that comes you know, alcohol,food, entertainment, comedy. And so
we Kirk reached out Kirk Dettweiler,the executive director, and said, hey,
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let's let's see if we can figureout a partnership. And so we're
going to do it in the MayPavilion, and we're going to do two
fundraisers for the May Pavilion or forthe Palace rather in their venue, the
Pavilion, And with that we're goingto have we kind of describe it as
a carnie side show on a beachsetting, right, So not for children.
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Yeah, we we cannot stress thatenough. This is not for the
kiddies. And what we've found isby you know, normally, the Pavilion
would not really be a place forus because it doesn't lend itself well to
the you know, the food part, right, And that's what's so great
about doing this at a venue likeone of Alex's venues. But we're going
(15:22):
to figure it out. And wehave a taste of Memphis which is joining
the fun. And I love theTurner family shout out to shawna yes,
and they have been so supportive.So they're going to do like this barbecue
or not a barbecue action. We'regoing to do like a neighborhood cookout complete
with snow cone machines, you know, cotton candy machines, and it's gonna
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be this like this Carnie Boardwalk feelto the whole thing. We're getting some
businesses involved, you know, andit's more than just a cabaret where it's
just going to be this whole We'regonna have a silent auction and raffle and
just a fun party atmosphere. Andit falls in line with what Rogue has
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done so far as doing something thathas not necessarily been done. You'll recognize
the fact that their songs, theirsketches, there's dancing like you would have
in most of any show you sawat the Palace, but the content is
going to be a little bit morecurrent Rogue. It's going Rogue and it
will be it's not controversial, butit will push some boundaries. But it's
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funny and it's meant to bring peopletogether and just look at life and say,
oh, yeah, that is silly, that is crazy. But also
supporting local, and I think that'sthe overreaching thing more than anything with what
Rogue does. What you want todo, Alex is support local as much
as possible. Yes, and againyou know, drive volume downtown. I
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keep I think that is of course, our mission is to do you know,
great work and great entertainment. Butbefore that, everything we do we
filter through that is this going tohelp bring? So for example, yes,
we you know, we partner witha restaurant or a Kadie and Company,
But the whole idea is you canbuy tickets for that or you can
(17:22):
just buy general seating. You goto a restaurant and then afterwards you go
to a bar. Right, butit's all happening downtown. Everything we do
is that in mind. And yeah, so we're excited to be partnering with
with the Palace on this. Andalso that is June twenty eighth and twenty
ninth a Friday Saturday, and ticketsare on sale. And what's the website
(17:44):
they can get tickets Rogue Theatricslive dotcom. There we go, and so
you'll want to get tickets not onlyfor that show but for the very unique
experience that's going to be at thedock at Bouci's the bars sing along and
you can get those tickets on thatsame site. That's right, and there'll
also be food and drink to purchasethere at the dock as well. Could
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you explain a little bit more aboutwhat the about what that is. So
the whole how a bar sing alongworks, and there's different variations of it,
is we all come together and drinklots of wine and beer, and
we have a song leader and it'susually three parts, and this is how
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we're going to do it, howTanner is going to do it, and
we'll teach the songs to everybody intheir parts. There's no site reading.
We'll have the lyrics on it,you know, a projector and screen and
so he practices with everybody. It'sjust this fun practice. It's very informal
and very communal. It's great todo with your friends and family. And
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then we take a break and thenwe perform for each other and it's usually
you know, some do it inthe round, some do it like we're
going to do. The doc isreally the perfect venue for this. The
way it's configured, you know,with the two points going into the middle,
and it's amazing how good it sounds, even if you have a room
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full of people who don't know howto sing. There's just something about it.
And you know, I think manypeople who go to church have that
feeling too, when you know it'sthat it's it's you know, it's kind
of like secular. It's kind oflike a secular version of that church experience
of whip service. Yeah, yeah, thank you for those terms. Yes,
(19:37):
so we nothing like this has beendone. I didn't even know about
it until Alex brought it to ourattention during a meeting. I think you
said, hey, have you heardabout this? And I mean, of
course, I'm like, what isthis? And so that's pretty much it
it. I know it sounds informal, but it's just if you get on
YouTube and check out some you'll definitelywant to be here. And our goal
(20:00):
is to we would like to dothis frequently, you know, monthly if
we can, it would be great. Well. And the chance to be
able to pay a ten dollars covercharge and actually be a part of the
entertainment with no pressure whatsoever, Ithink is it's a nice, inexpensive evening
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and you get to meet new people. You'll be there with friends as well,
and it's communal, and like Alexsaid, it's immersive, and we
want to do more immersive events likeour you know, we're planning on we're
in pre production now for a murdermystery this summer. Yeah, but you're
right, and also I need toadd that there will be a you know,
it's a three or four piece bandon an acoustic band with Tanner yep.
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So it's not just somebody with akeyboard or somebody with a guitar.
It's actually going to be a bandand it fits that room perfectly. You
don't want something that's too loud,but you also want something that can kind
of lead the show and lead themusic. I'm excited about it. I
cannot wait to be there for thatand I think it's just another exciting development
in Marion, and you guys areamazing for doing it, and I want
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to thank you guys for coming inand talking about it. Chip Gregory with
Rogue Theatrics, Alex Sheridan with Bouciesand Brickyard, thank you so much for
coming in talking about what's going on. And we'll have some more of these
conversations in the future, I'm sure
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