2026-2027 Productions & Events


	CONSENSUAL IMPROV IS BACK! We are celebrating 10 years of making the funny right here in the Roaring Fork Valley, at the venue that started it all: Thunder River Theatre Company. Join us for a show like you have never seen from us before, featuring classic games you know and love, new bold games, and fun performances from the entire consensual team! Bring your suggestions, bring your funny bones, and get ready for an unforgettable evening of fun and laughter as we toast to the next 10 years. Consensual Improv formed in 2016 and has been winging it ever since. Composed of comedians and actors living in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley, their shows are an interactive and hilarious journey with the audience at the helm. The group has been a regular at the Aspen Laugh Festival and shared the bill with Trevor Noah, Second City, and the late, great Norm MacDonald. Current members include Al Atkinson, Kristin Carlson, Nellie Conboy, Gerald DeLisser, Eliphalet (Miller) Ford, Nina Gabianelli, Emily Henley, Ryan Honey, Brian Keleher, Mike Monroney, Zoe Rom, Jeff Patterson, Jack Trembath, and Cassidy Willey. Friday, November 6 Doors & Bar at 7:00 pm Show at 8:00 pm	Buy Tickets
	Beyond Reason By: K.D. Carlson It’s 1886, and the father of American psychology, William James, has invited two mediums, with radically different methods, to his home for a weekend of psychic investigation. While he is intent on employing scientific methods to measure the immeasurable, the women he’s assembled (including his wife and maid) pursue a mission of their own — to express personal agency and claim independence of body, mind, and spirit within their tightly circumscribed lives. Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 29	Buy Tickets
	Pink to Black presents Deadtronica Deadtronica: The Electronic Afterlife of the Grateful Dead Deadtronica is keyboardist Aron Magner (the Disco Biscuits, Billy and the Kids) & Emmy winning guitarist/ producer Cloudchord. The duo merges the improvisational spirit of the Grateful Dead with the pulsating energy of electronic dance music. From the acid test ethos to dance floor bangers, hear the legendary compositions re-imagined through a new lens. Experience the Dead, wired for the future. Listen to their debut album, Deadtronica Vol. 1 at www.deadtronica.com Saturday, December 9, 2026 8:00pm Heady Hooligan with Live Band 9:00pm Deadtronica	Buy Tickets
	*Every Christmas Story Ever Told* *(and then some!)* By Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarez Directed by Emily Henley Think you know every Christmas story out there? Three quick-witted actors will put you to the test as they portray as many holiday traditions and stories as YOU can remember. The Grinch, Frosty, Linus, Rudolph, Scrooge, George Bailey and more…in only 90 minutes! December 11 - December 20, 2026	Buy Tickets
	Pink to Black presents Rattlesnake Milk From the southern plains of Texas, Rattlesnake Milk summons the sound of the prairie, mimicking the howl of coyotes and the pulsing rhythm of a lonesome junk train. While farming cotton for a family friend, Lou Lewis found inspiration to record an eight-song demo listening to the classics played on KDAV 1590AM in the empty flatlands of his hometown. Those demos paid homage to Lou’s favorite Dust Bowl migrant songs and haunted melodic gems from the 50s and 60s. Now, with the help of Corey Alvarez, and Andrew Chavez, Rattlesnake Milk captures the ephemeral soundscape of the Texas panhandle in the studio and on the stage Saturday, January 9, 2027 8:00pm Tomy the Animal 9:00pm Rattlesnake Milk	Buy Tickets
	Thunder River Theatre Company & Elvecino Shows presents First Friday Comedy Get ready to laugh until your cheeks hurt! Join us Friday, September 4, as Elvecino Shows and Thunder River Theatre Company launches First Friday Comedy in Carbondale! We're bringing together an incredible lineup of talented local comedians, each ready to deliver their funniest stories, sharpest punchlines, and biggest laughs. Whether you're planning a fun night out with friends, a unique date night, or simply need a good laugh, this is the place to be. Come support local comedy, enjoy an unforgettable evening, and see why laughter truly is the best medicine. Grab your friends, grab a drink, and get ready to laugh your socks off,we can't wait to see you there! Friday, September 4, 2026 at 8:00pm Friday, February 5, 2027 at 8:00pm Friday, April 2, 2027 at 8:00pm Friday, June 5, 2027 at 8:00pm	Buy Tickets
	The Shark is Broken By Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon Directed by Jennifer Austin Hughes The historic first summer blockbuster movie is being filmed – but no one working on the film would know it. Dive deep into the tumultuous, murky waters of the making of a major motion picture with dueling co-stars, unpredictable weather, and a shark prop whose constant breakdowns are looking like an omen for the future of the movie. In this comedy written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, the short tempers and short circuits of Jaws stars Robert Shaw (father of the play’s co-author Ian), Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider take center stage as they bond, argue, drink, gamble, and pray for an end to the film shoot, not knowing it will change their lives forever. Friday, February 12 - Sunday, February 28	Buy Tickets
	The Revolutionists By Lauren Gunderson Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection that ends in a song and a scaffold. Friday, April 30 - Sunday, May 16	Buy Tickets