About Us
Porchlight Players
was founded in 2004 as a solution to the lack of opportunities in
the western end of the Eagle Valley to both attend and participate
in live theater.
While numerous
theatrical opportunities existed in the eastern end of the valley
around Vail and Beaver Creek, we felt that distance and cost
combined to make live theater inaccessible to a great number of
people in our west-end communities.
Therefore, in the summer
of 2004, several interested and committed people gathered to form a
new community theater group which would focus on meeting the unique
needs of our west-end communities.
Our mission was
simple:
provide convenient
and economical access to live theater, be it through attending
performances or participating in the production of theatrical
events.
Within months, we
became incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit and began producing
plays. To date, we have completed 15
productions: eight plays/musicals, four free Gypsum
Daze shows, and three Summer Children's Theater Camps. We are
currently planning our summer/fall season, which will include our
third free
Play in the Park in Eagle, our fourth
Summer Children's Theater Camp at the Lundgren
Outdoor Theater and our fall show at Eagle Valley High School.
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