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The Monster in Me: July 27-28, 2024

Thunder River Theatre 67 PROMENADE, Carbondale, United States

By Clara Harris Two every day students are guided by an omniscient host as their emotions become actual monster puppets that illustrate how feelings can sometimes be bigger than we are. As they journey through a typical school day, the host teaches them and the audience three specific strategies for taming these monsters and learning what to do when we...

What Was I Made For?: Saturday, August 10 at 7:30 pm

"What Was I Made For" is a captivating cabaret show featuring three best friends, college roommates and fierce sopranos,  as they navigate the complexities of life’s many stages. Rediscovering their purpose through the profound experiences of love and loss. With soul-stirring vocals, intoxicating harmonies and heartfelt storytelling, these women illuminate the resilience of friendship across thousands of miles. Music Theatre,...

Event Series What the Constitution Means to Me

What the Constitution Means to Me

Thunder River Theatre 67 PROMENADE, Carbondale, United States

What the Consitution Means to Me By: Heidi Schreck Directed By: Cassidy Willey Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human new play, she resurrects...

Event Series Ghostlight

Ghostlight

Thunder River Theatre 67 PROMENADE, Carbondale, United States

Join us for an evening of immersive ghost stories all originating from haunted Colorado theatres. Several showing each evening. The performance will take place in several locations throughout the building.        

Death of the Pugilist

Thunder River Theatre 67 PROMENADE, Carbondale, United States

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...

80’s Movie Dance Party

TRTC's 80's Dance Party Saturday, December 28, 2024 7:30 pm - Midnight Get ready to moonwalk into 2025! Join us for an epic night of totally rad fun as we throw it back to the ultimate 80’s movie vibes. From the neon lights to the classic hits, we'll have you dancing the night away like you're starring in your favorite...

PINK TO BLACK presents Triptides

PINK TO BLACK PRESENTS Triptides at  Thunder River  Friday, January 24, 2025 7 pm Doors 8 pm Show Over the last fourteen years and dozens of albums and singles, cosmic LA rockers Triptides have traversed a kaleidoscopic musical landscape of psychedelic rock, Laurel Canyon folk, and spaced-out jazz pop — but each track can be traced back to the group’s leader, Glenn Brigman’s...

Event Series Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things

Thunder River Theatre 67 PROMENADE, Carbondale, United States

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...

Event Series These Shining Lives

These Shining Lives

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...