The Colonial Theatre

On the Big Screen

December 16–18
Take Shelter
Written & Directed By: Jeff Nichols
Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah's healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one. Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard....
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LIVE! at the Colonial

Oct. 29, 6 pm
6th Annual Boofest with Eric Borstein
An evening of fun for the whole family begins at 6 pm with Madame Gruczka in the ticket booth and the ever-popular Blood-Curdling Scream Contest. At 7 pm, master mask maker and performer, Eric Borstein performs CAT MOUNTAIN, the story of Sho, a young servant girl, who journeys to a strange and far-off mountain, where she hopes to find her freedom and her lost cat. Puppetry, dance, masks, and Japanese theater-styles combine in Behind The Mask's original adaptation of this magical folktale...
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Special Events

Nov. 10-12
Profile Players Perform Classic Musical: Oklahoma!
Put on your cowboy boots and get out your lassos! On November 10th, 11th and 12th, the Colonial Theatre will be filled with the cowboys and farmers who settled the territory of Oklahoma at the turn of the 20th century, and audiences will be treated to such all-time classic musical numbers as "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "Surrey with the Fringe on Top," and, of course, "Oklahoma!" The production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, Oklahoma! will mark the fourth collaboration of Profile teachers, Matt Nelson and Jen McVetty as music director and production director, respectively, and the show involves the participation of half a dozen Profile staff and over fifty Profile students......
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