After witnessing an incredible show at Sight & Sound Theatres in Branson, Missouri, Josh Munn decided to send in an application and was quickly hired to join the crew in 2018.

After several years of auditions and repeated "No"s, Ellie Faggion was finally hired to join the cast of "Noah" at Sight & Sound Theatres in Branson, Missouri in 2020. Till that moment, she hadn't even known where Branson was!

Josh says our first meeting was in the break room (January 2020) where Ellie, excited to make new connections, walked up to him and cheerily asked something to the effect of, "Hi, I'm Ellie! I'm new. What's your name?" Which would be very on brand...but unfortunately Ellie doesn't remember this first interaction!

What Ellie does remember is a conversation several weeks later that would start to change things...for her!

Ellie: We were behind the Ark set piece during a very slow rehearsal period. I can't remember how the conversation started, but Josh and I started talking about deeper, more meaningful things - our faith, what we wanted out of life, etc. I remember he was so kind, so easy to talk to, and I ended up sharing way more than I had intended! I remember walking away from that interaction thinking, "I hope he doesn't think I was flirting with him..." and then another thought shortly followed, "...but maybe I wouldn't mind?"

Ellie's interest was piqued. There were occasional "hello's" and joking around, a couple lunches in the break room, and one distinct memory of meeting up at a common location backstage where Josh said, "We have to stop meeting like this!" and Ellie wondered if maybe Josh was dropping a line? Although he wasn't meaning to do this at the time, the interaction still made Ellie realize "this guy is cute AND funny!" A killer combo. ;)