Thingamajig Theatre Company’s 2026 summer repertory season is entering its final stretch at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, with just over two weeks remaining before “Come From Away,” “Company” and “Fiddler on the Roof” take their final bows on Saturday, Aug. 29.
All three productions return to the stage this week. “Come From Away” plays tonight, Thursday, Aug. 13, and again Friday, Aug. 14. “Company” returns Saturday, Aug. 15, followed by “Fiddler on the Roof” on Sunday, Aug. 16. For anyone who has spent the summer intending to catch one of the productions — or still has one left to complete the season — the remaining opportunities are beginning to disappear quickly.
“Come From Away” tells the true story of what happened when 38 planes carrying thousands of passengers were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Residents of the small community suddenly found themselves housing, feeding and caring for strangers from around the world. What emerges from those extraordinary days is less a story about the attack itself than about what ordinary people are capable of doing for one another when circumstances demand it.
On Saturday, the stage changes completely for Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s “Company.” Centered on the perpetually single Bobby and the married couples who make up his closest circle of friends, the musical takes a funny, sophisticated and sometimes painfully recognizable look at relationships, loneliness, marriage and commitment. More than 50 years after its Broadway debut, the questions “Company” asks about sharing a life with another person remain remarkably current.
“Fiddler on the Roof” returns Sunday with the story of Tevye, Golde and their daughters in the village of Anatevka. As their daughters begin making choices that challenge generations of tradition, the family finds itself confronting changes both inside and outside their home. With songs including “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “To Life” and “Sunrise, Sunset,” the musical moves easily between broad comedy and an intimate story about parents, children, family and change.
Earlier this week, Tuesday’s performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” served as a benefit for Aspen House, with 100 percent of ticket sales from the evening going toward the organization’s effort to create a permanent residential home in Pagosa Springs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The partnership was a particularly fitting one for a musical so rooted in questions of family, community and caring for the people around us.
The three productions will continue rotating at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts for only two more weeks. Thingamajig’s summer repertory season concludes on Aug. 29 and, once the season closes, all three productions close with it.
If there is a show you have been meaning to see, now is the time to look at the calendar. Summer in Pagosa has a way of disappearing faster than any of us expect.
Tickets and the complete remaining performance schedule are available at pagosacenter.org or by calling (970) 731-SHOW (7469).
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