Glenn and Shirley Eshelman started Sight & Sound in the summer of 1976, with a 10-week multimedia show
The Wonder of It All in an auditorium rented from
Lancaster Bible College. Based on that success, they built the original Sight & Sound Auditorium (renamed to Living Waters Theatre) on
Pennsylvania Route 896 in
Ronks, Pennsylvania. In July 1976, the Sight & Sound Auditorium opened for the performance of
A Land of Our Own. Live actors and actresses were eventually added to the productions, and
Behold the Lamb debuted as the first full-length live stage production at the original Sight & Sound Auditorium in 1987. A larger facility, the Sight & Sound Entertainment Centre opened in March 1991. However, after the success of their productions
Noah and the premiere run of
The Miracle of Christmas, the Entertainment Centre caught fire in January 1997, destroying the facility and most of the costumes and sets that were stored in the shops. The Living Waters Theatre was renovated to accommodate live stage productions until another large theater, originally called The Millennium Theater, was opened on September 1, 1998. The new
theatre featured more than 2,000 seats, a wraparound stage that can hold sets up to 40 feet high, and improved audio and visual effects. Sight & Sound opened a second theater in
Branson, Missouri, in 2008, a near
identical twin facility to the newest facility in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The company creates all of its own set work in a shop in the back of the theater complex. Matt Neff and Josh Enck, sons-in-law of Glenn Eshelman, became the company's co-presidents in 2011. In 2015, Neff became the chief executive officer and Enck was named the president and continued to be the chief creative officer. == Film production ==