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| | Ouray County Players and The Wright Opera House present…
Spaghetti Western
Or…Mission Im-pasta-ble
By Tracy Wells
Show Dates
July 18, 19, 20 & 21 @ 7pm
Tickets
$10 advance/$15 day-of-show/$5 student
Grannie Smith and her granddaughter Petunia enter a spaghetti sauce contest to save their hotel from the scheming Duke Dreadful, who’ll do anything to win. With help from Sheriff Ketchum, can they stop him before it’s “Mission Im-Pasta-ble”? Join us at The Wright to find out!
Produced by special arrangement with PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE, Denver, Colorado. | Buy Tickets |
| | UpstART and The Wright Opera House present...
a No Holds Bard production of...
William Shakespeare’s
Merchant of Venice
August 1-4, 2025
Fri/Sat/Mon @ 7:30pm
Sun @ 4pm
Tickets
$25 advance // $30 day of show // $20 senior // $15 student
The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath.
What does love cost?
In this comedy of three marriages, it's expensive, and lives are at stake!
Bassanio can't afford to court Portia, the woman of his dreams, so his friend Anthonio guarantees a loan for him. But if he defaults, he'll owe Shylock a pound of his "fair flesh, to be cut off and taken in what part of your body it pleases me."
This "merry sport" soon turns deadly serious, and only Portia can save the day, the play, the hilarity.
Join us! August 1-4 at the Wright!
What is No Holds Bard? Fun, interactive, entertainments the whole family will enjoy.
This will be the 12th No Holds Bard production from UpstART. Through close examination of his original, unedited texts, and exploration of the original performance conditions of Shakespeare’s company, No Holds Bard performs Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before: the way Shakespeare’s own actors did it. We perform in general light, with minimal sets, with great, fast-paced, energetic acting and lots of audience interaction.
Our shows are extremely physical, totally accessible, often wild community events: more like a great championship sports game than a fusty theater production. Shakespeare’s audiences didn’t have to be English Ph.D.s to have a great time at his plays. They were popular entertainments; the Globe was the multiplex of his day. Come experience Shakespeare as he intended it. | Buy Tickets |
| | Happy Little Trees
Join Emma Kalff for a morning of coffee and painting at the Wright Opera House Community Room! You'll follow along to a Bob Ross episode and create your very own Bob Ross landscape. All supplies included, no experience necessary. Your $45 also includes coffee.
Full schedule:
All Classes @ 10:30am
June 28: Cabin by the Pond
July 12: Peaks of Majesty
August 2: Island in the Wilderness
September 6: Autumn Fantasy
October 4: Absolutely Autumn
November 8: Autumn Exhibition
December 6: Winter Elegance | Buy Tickets |
| | PRIDE
Rated R (2014)
Screening @ 7pm // Box Office @ 6:30pm
Tickets $5
Realizing that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, London-based gay and lesbian activists lend their support to striking miners in 1984 Wales.
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| | NEWORLD
A Multimedia Journey Across America
August 9th, 2025
Doors @ 6:30pm // Presentation @ 7pm
Tickets: $15 advance // $20 day-of-show // $5 student
Join us for Joseph Sohm’s NEWORLD—a powerful multimedia journey across all 50 states, set to Dvořák’s From the New World and narrated by William Shatner. Created for the U.S. Constitution’s Bicentennial and reimagined for America’s 250th birthday, this stunning film blends photography, music, narration, and drone footage sure to inspire and celebrate the American experience. | Buy Tickets |
| | High Alpine Aerial and San Juan Circus Present...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
August 14th & 15th
Doors: 6:30 PM // Show: 7:00 PM
Tickets:
VIP tables (4 seats each): $200, includes a bottle of bubbly and table service.
General admission: $30 advance // $35 day-of-show
Join us for an 18+ circus burlesque extravaganza. Follow lovers and fairies into the whimsical world of Midsummer Nights in the forest. Enter the fairy forest where Puck plays tricks, lovers tangle in midair, and the spirit of summer comes alive. Expect a variety of sexy circus acts intertwined into Shakespeare's classic tale.
Venue capacity is limited to 120. Early ticket purchase is strongly recommended. | Buy Tickets |
| | High Alpine Aerial Presents...
Midsummer Daydream Student Showcase
Doors @ 2:30pm // Show @ 3pm
Tickets $10 advance, $15 day-of-show
A family friendly aerial showcase featuring the students of High Alpine Aerial and San Juan Circus! Come Watch the students of both companies show off their new skills after a week of camp and learning new skills. | Buy Tickets |
| | Ouray County Pride After Party
Saturday, August 16th
Doors at 8pm // Festivities through 12am
Tickets: $20 advance // $25 day-of-show
This is an 18+ event. Wristbands for 21+ will be available at the door with valid ID.
We’re kicking things off in the lounge with music, cocktails, and all the right vibes. Then around nine, we take it upstairs to the theater for a night that’s anything but ordinary: think fierce drag performances, go-go dancers bringing the heat, and aerialists soaring above the crowd.
It’s a night of non-stop dancing, dazzling performances, and joy. Come celebrate PRIDE the only way we know how: loud, proud, and fabulous! 🌈✨ | Buy Tickets |
| | STRANGE WORLD
Rated PG (2022)
Screening @ 7pm // Box Office @ 6:30pm
Tickets $5
Three generations of a legendary family of explorers will find themselves in an uncharted land with strange creatures. If they want to survive from the numerous dangers, they must bridge their differences and work together.
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| | HOOK
Rated PG (1991)
Screening @ 7pm // Box Office @ 6:30pm
Tickets $5
When his young children are abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman), middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams) returns to his magical origins as Peter Pan. Peter must revisit a foggy past in which he abandoned Neverland for family life, leaving Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts) and the Lost Boys to fend for themselves. Given their bitterness toward Peter for growing up -- and their allegiance to their new leader, Rufio -- the old gang may not be happy to see him.
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| | MATILDA
Rated PG (1996)
Screening @ 7pm // Box Office @ 6:30pm
Tickets $5
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson), a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Danny DeVito) and mother (Rhea Perlman). Worse, Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull's wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.
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| | Writing Poetry at the Wright
September 15th through October 6th
Mondays at 5:30pm
$40 per student
Zoom option available
Join us for four weeks of poetry writing inside the inspirational walls of the Wright Opera House Tavern. The Monday night course will explore the essence of creative poetry as an extension of your thoughts and feelings. Collaborate within our community with other poetically minded folks and enjoy in-real-life constructive feedback. We will provide prompts each week for optional online submission. The course will culminate on the final Friday night with a TBA published poet and open-mic reading where attendees can read their work aloud. We will guide you through all stages of your journey, from beginner trial and error, depth in craft, to exploration of genre and form to hone your collection. Read, write and explore—all skill levels welcome.
About your host: Marcy S. Wood, MA in Creative Professional Writing, loves hiking and teaching yoga in the mountains of Ouray, CO. Her poetry was nominated for the AWP Intro Journals Project and placed in the third round of Colorado Hearts and Minds. She is published in the Waters Journal at Watertower Press, and online at Stick Figure Poetry, and Spillwords Press, among others. Since 2024, she co-hosts a monthly writing group, and is a member of Women Writing the West. She writes at the end of her family’s dining table with a snoring Bern-Newfie at her feet. | Buy Tickets |
| | SCHOOL OF ROCK
Rated PG-13 (2003)
Screening @ 7pm // Box Office @ 6:30pm
Tickets $5
Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and finds himself in desperate need of work. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to the hard rock gods he idolizes and emulates -- much to the consternation of the uptight principal (Joan Cusack). As he gets his privileged and precocious charges in touch with their inner rock 'n' roll animals, he imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands.
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| | Retro Kart Rally
September 20th
Doors @ 6pm // Games begin at 6:30pm
Tickets: $10 advance // $15 day-of-show
Join us for a high-speed tournament featuring Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! While we can’t use the name in our event title (thanks, legal stuff), rest assured—it’s the game you know and love. Bring your own bean bag chair for bonus points! Prizes for winners!
Nintendo is not a sponsor of or affiliated with this tournament. | Buy Tickets |
| | TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
Rated PG-13 (1999)
Screening @ 7pm // Box Office @ 6:30pm
Tickets $5
Kat Stratford is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca, house rules say that she can't date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick Verona. Kat may let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick.
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| | THE BIG LEBOWSKI
Rated R (1998)
Box Office @ 6:30pm // Movie @ 7pm
Tickets $5
Join us to commemorate Ross Williams' favorite film on his birthday by dressing in your comfiest bathrobe for this special screening of THE BIG LEBOWSKI. White Russians available for purchase!
Jeff `The Dude' Leboswki is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug peed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity.
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