Winner of the Tony "Triple Crown" for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.

The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good, and life lessons are learned.

Porchlight Players serves the western end communities of Eagle County, where we present live theatrical productions for a fraction of the cost typically associated with these types of events. In this way, we meet our goal to encourage attendance and participation in live theater in a convenient and economical fashion.

​Porchlight Players has lived up to our mission to “Touch lives through theater” in many ways since our inception in 2004. During the summers, youths 8 to 15 years old participate in a three-week workshop style Summer Children’s Theater camp in Gypsum. We have awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to help students pay the $425 tuition.  We have partnered with the Eagle County Historical Society to bring the Red Cliff, Gypsum and Eagle Cemetery tours to life with historical presentations at the gravesides of some of Eagle County’s first residents, and with the Town of Gypsum to present the Halloween Haunted Maze. Our Valentine’s dinner theater shows are hugely successful, selling out most performances each year. In 2018, we added a production in Leadville at the historic Tabor Opera House, built-in 1879 by Silver King Horace Tabor. After the town of Leadville purchased the building in 2016, restorations have been underway. To aid in this endeavor, we partnered with the Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation to raise money for its continued restoration by presenting a benefit show, from which all proceeds were donated to preserving and upgrading the building. We hope to continue that partnership in years to come.

​One way we are able to keep our costs in check is to be a nearly 100% volunteer-run organization. The sheer number of volunteer hours put in by the Board of Directors, actors, set crew, stage crew, directors, musical accompaniment, and production crew is astounding, measuring in the hundreds for each and every show. We also receive grants from the Towns of Gypsum and Eagle, and from the Eagle River Foundation, which have donated both funds and facility use to help offset costs. Many local businesses and individuals, such as the N.M. Morris Family Foundation; Slifer, Smith and Frampton; Alpine Bank; PSI Plumbing, Inc.; B’Nai Vail Congregation; Donald and Dorothea Smith; Distinguished Property Care; and Bonfire Brewery to name a few, have shown their support throughout the years with sponsorships and advertisements in our programs  so we can continue to bring live affordable theater to the west end.