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Something You Should Know - September 30 Graham Wrightson - Sioux Falls Savoy Theater · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 2: Something you should know.
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  Speaker 1: Excited to have Graham Wrightson join us right now, and
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  Speaker 1: we are going to talk about something that I think
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  Speaker 1: is pretty cool, Sioux Falls Savoy Theater, and you're looking
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  Speaker 1: for some additional people to help out, and practice starts
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  Speaker 1: this Saturday, so there's still time, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yep. So we're putting on a performance of the McAdoo,
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  Speaker 2: a Scottish play, usually the Mikado in Japan, but we
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  Speaker 2: set it in Scotland. So you get to practice your
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  Speaker 2: Scottish accent. But we're looking for anybody who's interested in
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  Speaker 2: just being on stage. You don't have to have any experience.
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  Speaker 2: All ages are welcome. We have a bunch of families,
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  Speaker 2: so parents can act alongside their kids and so on.
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  Speaker 2: And then it doesn't cost anything to join. It's all free.
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  Speaker 2: So great experience.
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  Speaker 1: And let's talk a little bit about the background here
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  Speaker 1: of this whole project here, the Sioux Falls Savoy Theatre.
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  Speaker 1: When did this start and how did this come about?
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  Speaker 2: So I started it in 2023, I think. I wanted
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  Speaker 2: a way, as my kids were getting older, to act
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  Speaker 2: on stage with them. doing shows where we can act
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  Speaker 2: together and you don't have the pressure of auditions for
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  Speaker 2: young kids and all that different stuff. And as you
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  Speaker 2: can tell, I'm British. So I grew up doing these
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  Speaker 2: type of shows, Gilbert and Sullivan shows. Most famous version
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  Speaker 2: is the Pirates of Penzance. So that was our first show.
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  Speaker 2: and so we started it with our family and then
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  Speaker 2: some other families joining in and we put on a
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  Speaker 2: production of Pirates and then since then we've done a
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  Speaker 2: few other shows so HMS Pinafore that's well known from
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  Speaker 2: the Simpsons where Bart Simpson persuades Sideshow Bob to sing
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  Speaker 2: the whole score to escape being on a being killed
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  Speaker 2: or whatever it is and then this one we're doing
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  Speaker 2: this year the Mikado is another famous one most famously
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  Speaker 2: for the three little maids from school song. That is
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  Speaker 2: the theme tune and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Whenever Larry David
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  Speaker 2: does something funny, but that's the one end song. And
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  Speaker 2: then there's a few others. So, um, the, these are
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  Speaker 2: common musical done in, in Britain where I'm from. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and they're great because they, they have catchy tunes that
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  Speaker 2: lots of people know already. Um, but they teach you
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  Speaker 2: how to sing, uh, and how to sing harmonies. And
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  Speaker 2: then they're very fun. So the, the chorus, um, as
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  Speaker 2: well as the lead actors get a lot of fun
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  Speaker 2: things to sing and on stage a lot. Um, and
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  Speaker 2: they're comedy. So, uh, it's always better to start acting
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  Speaker 2: in comedies and work your way up to the serious shows. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so it's, uh, it's good participation for, for everybody, new, young, old,
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  Speaker 2: new or, um, experienced. We get our experienced actors to
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  Speaker 2: play the lead roles and then, uh, uh, Kids and
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  Speaker 2: newer folks are in the chorus building their experience and
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  Speaker 2: learning how to sing and act and dance and so
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  Speaker 2: on on stage together. No charge. Just once a week,
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  Speaker 2: so it's not very time-consuming either.
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  Speaker 1: And practice starts this Saturday, so if somebody is interested,
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  Speaker 1: this would be a good week to connect and kind
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  Speaker 1: of get plugged in and be a part of it
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  Speaker 1: right from the start.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely. We are always welcome to anybody who joins us.
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  Speaker 2: And in the chorus, You won't have to make every rehearsal.
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  Speaker 2: It's just once a week on a Saturday. And we
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  Speaker 2: rehearse from now through until April. And then we'll perform
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  Speaker 2: for a few weekends in April and May. Definitely in
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  Speaker 2: Sioux Falls and hopefully also in Brookings this year.
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  Speaker 1: So....
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  Speaker 2: It's a great opportunity to just experience theatre without the
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  Speaker 2: pressures of auditions or paying a lot of money for
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  Speaker 2: theatre camps and so on that I know a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people do around here for their kids. But this
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  Speaker 2: way you get to be on stage with your kids.
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  Speaker 2: and enjoy the experience together as a family. That's what
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  Speaker 2: we're built on, really.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. SiouxFallsSavoy.com is the website, and I'm on
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  Speaker 1: there right now. Where do the performances happen? So if
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  Speaker 1: I'm a part of this, again, we'll talk about where
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  Speaker 1: to go this Saturday for practice, but where do people
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  Speaker 1: go to actually see these productions when they're done?
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  Speaker 2: So our last few years have been in Old Town
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  Speaker 2: Dinner Theater in Worthing. Nice. But this year, we're planning
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  Speaker 2: on doing a show in Sioux Falls somewhere. I'm still
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  Speaker 2: finalizing that. So hold this space. I'm sure I'll be
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  Speaker 2: back on again in May 27 to talk about where
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be. But hopefully it'll be one of
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  Speaker 2: the churches in Sioux Falls. And we still hope to
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  Speaker 2: do a show in Old Town Dinner Theatre. And then,
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  Speaker 2: as I said, hopefully one in Brookings, maybe at SDSU
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  Speaker 2: this time since three of our lead actors are students
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  Speaker 2: at SDSU. And I'm a professor there. So it's trying
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  Speaker 2: to expand our reach to other people and get more involved.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's really, really cool. And you and I
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  Speaker 1: met because we talked about another event you were doing
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  Speaker 1: this summer. And it was so great to chat with
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  Speaker 1: you and visit with you about that. And when I
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  Speaker 1: found out you were involved in this, I said, we
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  Speaker 1: got to connect. We got to talk about this because SiouxFallSavoy.com
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  Speaker 1: is the website. But I hadn't heard about this. I
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  Speaker 1: hadn't heard anything about it. So I'm really glad to
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  Speaker 1: know that you're doing this. And I'm going to do
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  Speaker 1: what I can to shine the light on it. And
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  Speaker 1: I know there's some talented people listening right now. If
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  Speaker 1: you would like to get involved and you're going, man,
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  Speaker 1: I would love to get to meet some other people,
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  Speaker 1: there are going to be people you'll get a chance
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  Speaker 1: to meet. It doesn't cost you anything to go and
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  Speaker 1: see if this is for you. And if you go
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  Speaker 1: and you show up and you go, it's not for me, well,
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  Speaker 1: at least you know. And this Saturday are the first practices.
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  Speaker 1: Where do I go if I'm interested? Do I sign
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  Speaker 1: up in advance or I just show up on Saturday?
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  Speaker 2: You can email me. We have our Facebook page, Two
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  Speaker 2: Fools to Voice. on Facebook should be able to find
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  Speaker 2: us there. So that's where our most recent staff is.
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  Speaker 2: We're in the process of switching websites right now. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not as updated on those things, but you can
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  Speaker 2: contact me. My email on Facebook is the easiest. And
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  Speaker 2: practices take place in the downtown public library in Sioux
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  Speaker 2: Falls from 9.45 until 12.00 every morning every Saturday morning
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  Speaker 2: with a few exceptions but that's where we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be most of the time so yeah you can just
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  Speaker 2: come and show up if you're interested and join in
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  Speaker 2: a rehearsal or you can contact me either through Facebook
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  Speaker 2: or through my email which you have and you can
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  Speaker 2: share so it's gwimboy at yahoo.com we and you can
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  Speaker 2: let me know if you're interested you can't make it
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  Speaker 2: this week you want to come in a different week
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  Speaker 2: or you just need more information about the company or
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  Speaker 2: the show or anything like that I'd be happy to
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  Speaker 2: help anybody out or point you in the right direction
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  Speaker 2: for whatever is needed.
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  Speaker 1: And folks, if you struggle to find them, connect with
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  Speaker 1: me and I will connect you with them because, again,
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  Speaker 1: I think this is really neat. Graham, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: putting your heart into this and thank you for taking
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  Speaker 1: the time to chat with me about it today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you. I appreciate the exposure. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Again, I'm going to throw a link on our Facebook
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  Speaker 1: page to make it easy to find their Facebook page,
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  Speaker 1: Sioux Falls Savoy Theater. I was saying Savoy.
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  Speaker 2: You're saying Savoy.
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  Speaker 1: So Sioux Falls Savoy Theater is what you're going to
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  Speaker 1: look for on Facebook. And I'm going to throw a
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  Speaker 1: link to that at Facebook.com slash Sunny Radio and Facebook.com
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  Speaker 1: slash Sioux Falls News.