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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Something you should go. Something you should know is brought
to you by Genesisgoldira dot com. That's also something you
should know. You can put your retirement plan. I'm the
gold Standard. Learn more and get a free gold and
Silver guide at Genesis gooldr dot com. Excited to have
Brent Grovener joining us right now. We're going to talk
about Prince of Peace, the Christmas Story, and first of all,
thanks for joining me. And we've talked numerous times. I
(00:23):
think this might be the first time in the studio
though it's phone it is.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's a pleasure, great place, and let's.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Talk about Prince of Peace. You guys have already started
at the Orphan Theater and people have already had a
chance to see it.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
But there's more chances, right, absolutely, So we returned the
show for the fourth season. More people come every year.
Last year we had about four thousand come and we
were full. So the management of the Orphium, which is
the Washington Pavilion management, they said, hey, the theater's available
in twenty twenty five for more weekends. Nice, you do
(00:54):
want to do the show longer? And I said, yes,
for sure, We'll extend it another weekend. So we still
open Thanksgiving weekend, which we had done for the first
time last year, and you know, we filled the place
up and it was very positive, and so all right,
we'll do that again, and we'll go two full weekends
Friday and to matinee, two Saturday shows and then a
Sunday matinee and then do the same thing December twelve,
(01:17):
thirteen fourteen. So yeah, eight more shows running through December fourteenth.
The Prince of Peace, the Christmas Story. It's the only
thing of its kind in the entire region.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
It's really a neat thing too. We had a chance
to see it, not this year yet, but we've seen
it in the past wonderful. So this weekend and next weekend,
so you've still got a chance this weekend and next weekend.
If people would like to get tickets, where do they
go to get tickets?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
All you have to do is remember Princefpeace Christmas dot com.
It's the easiest thing to remember Prince of Peace Christmas
dot com. And you'll see the phone number there for
the box office if you'd prefer to call, or just
click on the buy tickets Linc. And it'll take you
right to the box office Lincoln. You can choose your
seats and balcony, floor, middle floor, wherever you want to sit,
(02:01):
whatever's available. Twenty eight hundred and fifty tickets are already sold,
so get your tickets as soon as you can.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And when he says sitting on the floor, you get
to sit in a chair on the floor. On the
floor floor, there are seats. There are seats in there.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
The historic ORVIM Theater built nineteen thirteen and it's always
had seats.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yes. Lights Up Productions Incorporated is a group that puts
us on. Let's talk a little bit about this because
this is something you've done for a while, but it's
kind of new to this area. And we say new,
it's like five years. I think you've been here. Let's
talk about how you ended up in Sioux Falls.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Sure. My wife and I founded Lights Up Productions in
nineteen ninety seven, so twenty eight years ago I sat out.
My wife's from northwest Iowa, so about thirty miles from
here is her farm. She grew up on. I'm from
the Pacific Northwest, and we met in Seattle and then
spend some time in New Jersey. Then we were I
(02:56):
decided to write a musical. I wrote my first one
man show and began touring it all over the US,
went about three hundred cities and ninety thirty eight states,
and did that show two hundred and ninety seven times.
Then wrote another show and we toured that. So we
were touring full time for about eight consecutive years, you know,
our own lights and sound and equipment and everything. And
(03:18):
then we bought a house in Connecticut. So we were,
you know, living about two and a half hours outside
of Manhattan, middle of New York City and you know,
sandwich between Boston and New York. And we loved the
Northeast corridor. We loved New England. Two daughters we raised
out there. And then we really wanted to own our
(03:39):
own theater. That was that's the goal. It still is
the goal, own our own facility. And so we were
looking around the country at facilities that might have been
for sale or places that could be renovated, and all over.
We were looking at Nashville and Charlotte and Pasadena and everywhere.
So then my wife's mother was still alive. She was
battling cans at the time, and my wife said, why
(04:02):
don't we consider Sue Falls. And I said, Sue Falls
is kind of small, and she said, but no, it's booming,
it's growing. And we knew this from coming out here
a lot for family things. So we're like, yeah, okay,
let's look at Sue Falls. I had a meeting in
twenty eighteen with Mayor ten Hakeen at the time to
(04:22):
talk about the Orpheum Theater. Now, my mother in law,
who did pass away on Thanksgiving the day of twenty eighteen,
she grew up in Sue Falls, she went to Washington
High School. She was born and raised here. She actually
passed away at Ava's house here in Sue Falls, and
so she always wanted us to move here. She wanted
us to do our shows at the Orphium or at
(04:43):
the Washington Pavilion. And so when she was in her
final days, I had that meeting with Mayor Paul and
we talked about, Hey, would you sell this theater and
he said, no, we won't sell it, but you know,
we'll try to find a way for you to get
one of your shows here to do that. So she
she was excited. She passed away. A year later, we
(05:03):
came out and we produced our first musical called Mystery
at the Orphium in September of twenty nineteen. It was
really successful. It was great, and that show actually does
a focus around the subject of cancer and pain and suffering.
So it was quite the launch for us for show
to do here in Sioux Falls in honor of my
(05:24):
mother in law, and so we went back to Connecticut,
did our Christmas show. We were going to do our
Passion production we had done for years there, and then
COVID hit. So during COVID, we thought, well, we can't
do anything in Connecticut, and we came back out, stayed
out on the farm, produced our second show here at
the Orphium in September called Lost in Vegas, and then
(05:47):
sat around after that. That went really well in spite
of COVID. You went to that good. And so then
we did The Passion and the Cross in twenty twenty
one because Connecticut was still shut down, and it was
during the time that we knew for sure that we
were going to move completely relocate to Sioux Falls, regardless
of what happened with that show or you know, whatever
(06:09):
the future was, We're just going to move here and
continue to work and build our team. And so we
did the Passion. We sold the place out, about four
thousand people, came to that and it was the first
time that the Orphim had been sold out from the
front to the very back of the balcony. I was
told by multiple people from here in about fifty years,
(06:30):
and so it was really quite an experience, and people
rallied around us, and we bought a townhouse in May
of twenty twenty one, and here we are seven consecutive
September is doing shows. Fourth season of Prince of Peace,
five Years of the Passion and the Cross going well,
it's going really well. Yeah, the town has really rallied
(06:51):
around us, and we're super grateful for that. Our cast,
you know, if you're a churchgoer, if you're part of
any of the faith community around here. Our cast, for example,
for this show, which is about eighty smaller than The
Passion The Passion runs between one hundred and thirty and
one hundred and fifty people, and this cast right now
has thirty one different churches represented in the cast. So
(07:16):
when people say I wish churches would get together work together,
they do work together. And we don't do it for
a weekend. We do it four times a week for
two months and love each other and have fun together
and grow and get to know one another, no drama
of any sort, and then except for what we put
on the stage, and then we do a show and
(07:36):
it's just incredible And the same thing happens with the
Passion and our September shows are unique. They have smaller casts,
you know, anywhere from twenty to forty. Our Parables and
Proverbs show actually had eighty in that cast, but a
lot of kids were in that one as well. So yeah,
so lights of Productions. We are here engaging creativity and reason,
which is our slogan, and we're really trying to challenge
(07:59):
the you know, the believer and the non believer, to
think seriously about the things of God, about the Christian faith,
about what Scripture has to say. And we put all
that on stage and in the art form of musical theater.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
And it's a lot of fun to watch. And again,
if people would like to get out this weekend and
next weekend, there's still an opportunity to see the current production.
You've got other things in the works in the future.
If somebody's going, I want to be involved, they can
do that as well. Would they just reach out right
through the website.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Yeah, you can find us on the website. There's an
email place to email us. Brent Grovener is my last name.
You can find me on social media Facebook, Instagram. Lights
Up Productions also on Facebook and Instagram, so we're pretty
easy to reach. If you google lights Up Theater or
lights Up Productions will be number one now and I'm
easy to find. I'm actually quite quite available. My cell
(08:52):
numbers out there, so it's worked well for us so well.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Brent, thank you for stopping in. I appreciate it, sir.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It's a pleasure. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
The next program is this weekend, so you can check
it out on the fifth of December at seven pm.
Then December sixth there's a couple shows. December seventh there's
another one, and then the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth. Next
week it's called Prince of Peace The Christmas Story. I've
got a link to all of the information at Facebook
dot com, slash Sunny Radio and Facebook dot com slash
sou Falls News. Hey, Something you should Know. Something you
(09:23):
Should Know is brought to you by Genesisgoldra dot com.
Put your retirement plan on the gold Standard. Get a
free Gold and Silver guide now at Genesisgoldra dot com.
Something you should go. Something you should know is brought
to you by Genesisgoldira dot com. That's also something you
should know. You can put your retirement plan. I'm the
gold Standard. Learn more and get a free gold and
Silver guide at Genesis gooldr dot com. Excited to have
Brent Grovener joining us right now. We're going to talk
about Prince of Peace, the Christmas Story, and first of all,
thanks for joining me. And we've talked numerous times. I
(00:23):
think this might be the first time in the studio
though it's phone it is.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's a pleasure, great place, and let's.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Talk about Prince of Peace. You guys have already started
at the Orphan Theater and people have already had a
chance to see it.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
But there's more chances, right, absolutely, So we returned the
show for the fourth season. More people come every year.
Last year we had about four thousand come and we
were full. So the management of the Orphium, which is
the Washington Pavilion management, they said, hey, the theater's available
in twenty twenty five for more weekends. Nice, you do
(00:54):
want to do the show longer? And I said, yes,
for sure, We'll extend it another weekend. So we still
open Thanksgiving weekend, which we had done for the first
time last year, and you know, we filled the place
up and it was very positive, and so all right,
we'll do that again, and we'll go two full weekends
Friday and to matinee, two Saturday shows and then a
Sunday matinee and then do the same thing December twelve,
(01:17):
thirteen fourteen. So yeah, eight more shows running through December fourteenth.
The Prince of Peace, the Christmas Story. It's the only
thing of its kind in the entire region.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
It's really a neat thing too. We had a chance
to see it, not this year yet, but we've seen
it in the past wonderful. So this weekend and next weekend,
so you've still got a chance this weekend and next weekend.
If people would like to get tickets, where do they
go to get tickets?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
All you have to do is remember Princefpeace Christmas dot com.
It's the easiest thing to remember Prince of Peace Christmas
dot com. And you'll see the phone number there for
the box office if you'd prefer to call, or just
click on the buy tickets Linc. And it'll take you
right to the box office Lincoln. You can choose your
seats and balcony, floor, middle floor, wherever you want to sit,
(02:01):
whatever's available. Twenty eight hundred and fifty tickets are already sold,
so get your tickets as soon as you can.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And when he says sitting on the floor, you get
to sit in a chair on the floor. On the
floor floor, there are seats. There are seats in there.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
The historic ORVIM Theater built nineteen thirteen and it's always
had seats.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yes. Lights Up Productions Incorporated is a group that puts
us on. Let's talk a little bit about this because
this is something you've done for a while, but it's
kind of new to this area. And we say new,
it's like five years. I think you've been here. Let's
talk about how you ended up in Sioux Falls.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Sure. My wife and I founded Lights Up Productions in
nineteen ninety seven, so twenty eight years ago I sat out.
My wife's from northwest Iowa, so about thirty miles from
here is her farm. She grew up on. I'm from
the Pacific Northwest, and we met in Seattle and then
spend some time in New Jersey. Then we were I
(02:56):
decided to write a musical. I wrote my first one
man show and began touring it all over the US,
went about three hundred cities and ninety thirty eight states,
and did that show two hundred and ninety seven times.
Then wrote another show and we toured that. So we
were touring full time for about eight consecutive years, you know,
our own lights and sound and equipment and everything. And
(03:18):
then we bought a house in Connecticut. So we were,
you know, living about two and a half hours outside
of Manhattan, middle of New York City and you know,
sandwich between Boston and New York. And we loved the
Northeast corridor. We loved New England. Two daughters we raised
out there. And then we really wanted to own our
(03:39):
own theater. That was that's the goal. It still is
the goal, own our own facility. And so we were
looking around the country at facilities that might have been
for sale or places that could be renovated, and all over.
We were looking at Nashville and Charlotte and Pasadena and everywhere.
So then my wife's mother was still alive. She was
battling cans at the time, and my wife said, why
(04:02):
don't we consider Sue Falls. And I said, Sue Falls
is kind of small, and she said, but no, it's booming,
it's growing. And we knew this from coming out here
a lot for family things. So we're like, yeah, okay,
let's look at Sue Falls. I had a meeting in
twenty eighteen with Mayor ten Hakeen at the time to
(04:22):
talk about the Orpheum Theater. Now, my mother in law,
who did pass away on Thanksgiving the day of twenty eighteen,
she grew up in Sue Falls, she went to Washington
High School. She was born and raised here. She actually
passed away at Ava's house here in Sue Falls, and
so she always wanted us to move here. She wanted
us to do our shows at the Orphium or at
(04:43):
the Washington Pavilion. And so when she was in her
final days, I had that meeting with Mayor Paul and
we talked about, Hey, would you sell this theater and
he said, no, we won't sell it, but you know,
we'll try to find a way for you to get
one of your shows here to do that. So she
she was excited. She passed away. A year later, we
(05:03):
came out and we produced our first musical called Mystery
at the Orphium in September of twenty nineteen. It was
really successful. It was great, and that show actually does
a focus around the subject of cancer and pain and suffering.
So it was quite the launch for us for show
to do here in Sioux Falls in honor of my
(05:24):
mother in law, and so we went back to Connecticut,
did our Christmas show. We were going to do our
Passion production we had done for years there, and then
COVID hit. So during COVID, we thought, well, we can't
do anything in Connecticut, and we came back out, stayed
out on the farm, produced our second show here at
the Orphium in September called Lost in Vegas, and then
(05:47):
sat around after that. That went really well in spite
of COVID. You went to that good. And so then
we did The Passion and the Cross in twenty twenty
one because Connecticut was still shut down, and it was
during the time that we knew for sure that we
were going to move completely relocate to Sioux Falls, regardless
of what happened with that show or you know, whatever
(06:09):
the future was, We're just going to move here and
continue to work and build our team. And so we
did the Passion. We sold the place out, about four
thousand people, came to that and it was the first
time that the Orphim had been sold out from the
front to the very back of the balcony. I was
told by multiple people from here in about fifty years,
(06:30):
and so it was really quite an experience, and people
rallied around us, and we bought a townhouse in May
of twenty twenty one, and here we are seven consecutive
September is doing shows. Fourth season of Prince of Peace,
five Years of the Passion and the Cross going well,
it's going really well. Yeah, the town has really rallied
(06:51):
around us, and we're super grateful for that. Our cast,
you know, if you're a churchgoer, if you're part of
any of the faith community around here. Our cast, for example,
for this show, which is about eighty smaller than The
Passion The Passion runs between one hundred and thirty and
one hundred and fifty people, and this cast right now
has thirty one different churches represented in the cast. So
(07:16):
when people say I wish churches would get together work together,
they do work together. And we don't do it for
a weekend. We do it four times a week for
two months and love each other and have fun together
and grow and get to know one another, no drama
of any sort, and then except for what we put
on the stage, and then we do a show and
(07:36):
it's just incredible And the same thing happens with the
Passion and our September shows are unique. They have smaller casts,
you know, anywhere from twenty to forty. Our Parables and
Proverbs show actually had eighty in that cast, but a
lot of kids were in that one as well. So yeah,
so lights of Productions. We are here engaging creativity and reason,
which is our slogan, and we're really trying to challenge
(07:59):
the you know, the believer and the non believer, to
think seriously about the things of God, about the Christian faith,
about what Scripture has to say. And we put all
that on stage and in the art form of musical theater.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
And it's a lot of fun to watch. And again,
if people would like to get out this weekend and
next weekend, there's still an opportunity to see the current production.
You've got other things in the works in the future.
If somebody's going, I want to be involved, they can
do that as well. Would they just reach out right
through the website.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Yeah, you can find us on the website. There's an
email place to email us. Brent Grovener is my last name.
You can find me on social media Facebook, Instagram. Lights
Up Productions also on Facebook and Instagram, so we're pretty
easy to reach. If you google lights Up Theater or
lights Up Productions will be number one now and I'm
easy to find. I'm actually quite quite available. My cell
(08:52):
numbers out there, so it's worked well for us so well.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Brent, thank you for stopping in. I appreciate it, sir.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It's a pleasure. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
The next program is this weekend, so you can check
it out on the fifth of December at seven pm.
Then December sixth there's a couple shows. December seventh there's
another one, and then the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth. Next
week it's called Prince of Peace The Christmas Story. I've
got a link to all of the information at Facebook
dot com, slash Sunny Radio and Facebook dot com slash
sou Falls News. Hey, Something you should Know. Something you
(09:23):
Should Know is brought to you by Genesisgoldra dot com.
Put your retirement plan on the gold Standard. Get a
free Gold and Silver guide now at Genesisgoldra dot com.
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