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| | Ghostlight
By: Michael R. Duran
Directed By: Missy Moore
A ghost light is a single bulb left burning whenever a theater is dark. Some argue that its function is to chase away mischievous spirits; others insist it lights the way for the ghosts that are said to inhabit virtually every theater. So, it's no surprise that on occasion theaters would be a conduit for communication between this world and the next.
Multi-talented scenic designer and playwright Michael R. Duran has penned six frightful ghost stories, all based on experiences he's had in theaters in Colorado, including the Bonfils Memorial Theatre, Loretto Heights College, and The Steamboat Depot Arts Center.
October 25 - 31, 2024
Multiple showings each evening. This production takes place throughout the Thunder River Theatre Company building and is ADA-compliant. | Buy Tickets |
| | Death of the Pugilist
A BenFeng Music Production
Sunday, November 3
2:00 PM
Prepare to be transported to the gritty underbelly of 1820s England in BenFeng Music Production's Death of The Pugilist. Based on contemporary American novelist Daniel Mason’s powerful short story, Death of the Pugilist embodies everything exceptional about a BenFeng Music Production: free-spirited, expressive, and transformative.
Set on the quayside docks amid the squalor of working-class life in 1820s England, the narrative follows a young man as he comes of age in a rough-and-tumble profession, with music weaving the rich layers of emotional tapestry and humanity.
Drawing from the musical elements of contrapuntal Bach, minimalistic Philip Glass, blues and Irish folk music, the production creates a deeply moving and truly unique experience of story and music.
The talented ensemble features narrator Jem Moore, alongside four exceptional and award-winning musicians: MinTze Wu, Eric Thorin, Joy Adams, and Blayne Chastain. Costume Design by Bineke Kiernan and Lighting Design by Sean Jeffries.
Death of the Pugilist premiered in the summer of 2008 at Gros Morne Summer Music in Newfoundland, broadcast live by CBC Radio 2. The author Daniel Mason called the piece "absolutely beautiful and so stunningly paced with the story." The production made its US premiere at the Sounds of Lyons Music Festival in 2009, and was re-envisioned with the current ensemble in 2021 as part of the inaugural Garden Music Series in Carbondale, Colorado. | Buy Tickets |
| | Tiny Beautiful Things
Book By: Cheryl Strayed
Adapted by: Nia Vardalos
Directed By: Missy Moore
Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small.
Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers.
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| | These Shining Lives
By: Melanie Marnich
Directed By: Missy Moore
These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, exploring their true story and its continued resonance. Catherine and her friends are dying, it’s true; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits—or endanger the lives of those who come after them. | Buy Tickets |