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The glow behind the Big Mountain stage
By KELSEY EVANS,
2026-07-15From the Whitefish Performing Arts Center to Under the Big Sky, local business owner Cole Pierce of emberGlow Productions has been behind the scenes, orchestrating light shows of both intimate and massive proportions. Pierce’s journey with lights production goes back to an elementary drama requirement. “I didn’t want to memorize lines, so I chose production,” Pierce said. “Lighting seemed interesting because you can see and visualize the work going into it.” Pierce stuck with theater. By eighth grade at Whitefish Middle School, he had become an expert on lighting at the Performing Arts Center. He’d get summoned out of class to assist, because “no one seemed to know how to run it,” he said. While at Glacier High School, he took charge of lighting for Fresh Life Church in Kalispell. When he was a sophomore, a connection invited him to assist with lighting for an Oscars after-party in California. It was a break-through experience. “It opened my mind up, and made me choose it as a career, over being an [airline] pilot,” Pierce said. By graduation, Pierce was already touring across the country doing events. He considered going to college for technical theater, but many advised him, “it’s really all
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