The Grand receives T-Mobile Hometown Grant

ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) - It was an exciting night at The Grand in Ellsworth.

Thursday, they held their pay what you wish final dress rehearsal of this year’s holiday performance ‘A Christmas Story’ the Musical’.

Each year they invite the public to come and see the show at whatever cost they see fit before opening weekend.

This year’s show was even more special because The Grand was awarded the T Mobile Hometown Grant.

Before the production began T-Mobile presented the theater with a 50,000 dollar check.

The Grand plans to use the money to upgrade their sound system and bring new audio description technology to the local theater.

“When they said it was a hometown grant, I thought ‘well you can’t get any more hometown then The Grand in Ellsworth that’s been here for 86 years. It’s just a place where people have had their first dates, their first movies, their first plays. It’s just one of those entities that really feels like being a part of a hometown, ” said Nick Turner the executive director of The Grand.

You can check out the show this weekend and next for more information and show times you can check here.