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Creating What's Next

Your support fuels creative expression across theater, visual arts, music, film, and media. Your gift gives Mountaineers the resources to develop their voices, reach audiences, and push creative boundaries in ways that define Western's vibrant cultural community.
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Western Theatre Company

The Western Theatre Company has been a vibrant cultural anchor for campus and the broader Gunnison community. We believe that live theatre has the unique power to spark empathy, challenge perspectives, and bring people together. Gifts to the Western Theatre Company preserve this rich legacy while paving the way for future creative innovation. Your support ensures we can continue offering accessible, thought-provoking, and magical theatrical experiences in the high country.
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A group of performers on stage, arms raised in celebration, illuminated by vibrant stage lights with a band playing in the background.
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Make a Gift to Arts, Culture, and Media

Creativity and communication are powerful forces for connection and understanding. By supporting programs in the arts, media, and communication, you help students develop the skills to create, inform, and engage communities. Together, we can nurture innovative voices and strengthen our cultural and civic landscape.

Western Snare drumline leader brings his drumstick together.
  • An individual in a paint-splattered lab coat stands beside a large painting depicting a scientist in a lab setting, with art supplies and equipment visible nearby.
  • A person operates a camera while another adjusts a golden object on a table against a green screen backdrop in a studio setting.
  • Student playing the french horn.
  • A choir performs with expressive faces, holding music sheets and singing in unison.
  • A group of musicians plays a variety of percussion instruments on a wooden stage in a concert hall with an audience seated in the balcony.
  • A person gestures toward a multi-tiered bookshelf displaying various books and framed photographs in a warmly lit indoor space.

Foundation

  • Shelley Thompson

  • Vice President of Advancement & Executive Director of the Western Colorado University Foundation

Contact Information

970.641.2237

Contact Location

Aspinall-Wilson Center
909 E. Escalante Dr.
Gunnison, CO 81230