Why Tickets Are Limited & Why We Ask for Your Understanding

We know how deeply our community loves this production. Every year, we hear from many people who want to attend, and it truly means everything to us that this show is so cherished. At the same time, we want to be transparent about why tickets are extremely limited and why, despite our best efforts, we simply cannot accommodate everyone who would like to attend.

This is a community talent production, and our dancers have each invested hundreds of hours rehearsing, creating, and showing up for this work. It is incredibly important to us that each dancer has the opportunity to invite their loved ones to see them perform. To support this, each dancer and staff member is given access to two tickets per performance for family and friends.

The Reality of the Numbers

Theater capacity:
Approximately 355 seats per performance

Number of performances:
4 shows

Participants involved:
Approximately 150 dancers

Ticket Allocation Per Performance

• 150 dancers × 2 tickets each = 300 tickets reserved for dancers’ families and loved ones

Seats remaining after dancer tickets:

• 355 total seats − 300 dancer tickets = 55 seats

From those remaining seats, we must also accommodate:

• 10 staff tickets (essential production staff working each performance)

• 50 sponsor tickets (supporters whose financial contributions make this production and our nonprofit programming possible)

How Public Tickets Become Available

While the numbers above reflect our maximum allocations, the reality is that not all dancers choose to purchase their full ticket allotment for every show, and sponsors do not always use all of their tickets each night.

Because of this, a limited number of tickets typically become available for public sale for each performance. While availability varies by night, there will be opportunities for community members to attend.  We are committed to offering these tickets in a fair and transparent way.

Public Ticket Sale Information

• Public ticket sales will begin on Wednesday, February 11.

• Please check back on this website in early February for full details on how public tickets will be released and how to participate in the sale.

We truly appreciate your patience and enthusiasm, and we look forward to welcoming as many community members as possible into the theater.

Why We Can’t Add More Shows or Move Venues

We understand the common questions and suggestions, and we want to address them directly:

• Why not move to a larger venue?
  We have explored options with larger seating capacity in Gunnison. However, we have consistently heard that many Crested Butte community members would not attend if the show were moved out of town. Staying local allows us to best serve the majority of our audience and participants.

• Why not add more than four shows?
  All of the dancers, choreographers, and staff are community members with full-time jobs, families, and other commitments. Producing four shows is already a significant physical and logistical undertaking. Adding additional performances would not be sustainable and would risk burnout for the very people who make this production possible.  At this time, four shows is our absolute maximum capacity.

Ticket Inquiries

We sincerely wish we could offer more tickets. Unfortunately, we do not have any additional options beyond what is outlined above.

• Please do not email or message us directly requesting tickets.
  We do not have extra tickets available, and we do not have the staff capacity to respond to individual ticket requests.

• If tickets become available, they will be released on our ticketing website and made available to everyone equally.

• If you are hoping to find last-minute tickets, we recommend keeping an eye on community channels such as Facebook Marketplace, Instagram, or word of mouth, where individuals may resell tickets they can no longer use.  But be careful of ticket scammers and only buy tickets from someone that you know in our community. 

The Best Way to Guarantee Your Ticket

The best way to ensure access to tickets is to become a sponsor. Sponsorship directly supports our nonprofit programming and includes ticket benefits based on sponsorship tier.

 Click here to learn more about sponsorship levels and benefits.

Join us for the Move the Butte Movie showing in April! 

Even if  you aren't able to get tickets, you can still see the show! We create a video of the show every year and show this video in April at the Majestic theater in CB and at the Gunnison Arts Center. We will announce those movie showing dates soon. This is a donation only movie showing and a lot of the dancers attend to watch it so it's a great time and a great way to sit with your friends and watch them dance! 

In Closing:
We know this can be disappointing, and please trust that this is hard for us too. We are incredibly grateful for the enthusiasm, support, and love this community brings to the show. Thank you for understanding, for supporting our dancers, and for helping us continue to create meaningful, community-driven art.