UPCOMING SHOWS
Rocktober 2025 Early Show at the Boulder Theater
Last but not least is one of CEI’S favorite October traditions, Rocky at the Boulder Theater! Catch us back at the Boulder Theater on October 30th for Rocktober 2025!
Tickets on sale soon. Check back for updated ticket link!
Rocktober 2025 late Show at the Boulder Theater
Last but not least is one of CEI’S favorite October traditions, Rocky at the Boulder Theater! Catch us back at the Boulder Theater on October 30th for Rocktober 2025!
Tickets on sale soon. Check back for updated ticket link!
Sie Film Center - November
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
rocky horror goth night at the sie - december
We love and welcome our goth audience and cast year round, but this show is especially for you. It's the Rocky Horror movie you know and love, but this month the preshow playlist is a little darker, the performer's costumes have a bit more black, and we're making even our preppiest performers give trad goth makeup a try.
Rocktober 2025 at the Pace Center
Don’t miss the 50th anniversary celebration of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the PACE Center, October 25, 2025, featuring shadow cast, Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient!
Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient presents an immersive interactive shadow cast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Played in the PACE Center theater and acted out on stage, this is an audience participation movie where viewers are encouraged to dress up and have fun! This is an R-rated film. All attendees will be required to show proof of age 17+ with ID.
Rocky horror at the SIE - October
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
Rocktober 2025 at Gnarly’s Theater - Golden
We’re so excited to get on stage at this brand new, intimate, and super cool venue. Get there early for free arcade access and social time. VIP front row tickets really get you in on the action (and come with a free throw bag, $5 value) but all seats will allow tons of great audience partici….
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https://www.ticketor.com/gnarlys/tickets/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-334367#buy
Free show at Boulder Public Library
We are so excited to be back at the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theatre for our annual FREE show! Registration for the show opens at 7:00pm Saturday, Sep 6 2025 thru this link https://calendar.boulderlibrary.org/event/14227438 . This event is completely free to the public thanks to Boulder Public Library’s collaboration and support. This means FREE entry thru registration, FREE throw bags, and FREE fun for all.
Paramount theatre 50th Anniversary with Barry Bostwick
We are excited to present The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Barry Bostwick celebrating The 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour! We are excited to return as the shadow cast for the Paramount Theatre. Join us and the original 'Brad Majors' – BARRY BOSTWICK - for a screening of the original unedited movie with a live shadow cast and audience participation! Plus, memorabilia display with artifacts and an actual costume from the movie, a costume contest, and more! The event will take place on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 7:30PM, doors at 6:30PM.
Cast List:
Frank: Becca
Janet: Cheese
Brad: Max
Riff: Sir Lovesword
Magenta: Dahlia
Columbia: Charlotte
Dr. Scott: Jolee
Rocky: Jacob
Eddie: Clementine
Crim: Ben
Trixie: Vanessa
Transylvanians: Emily, Sage, Saint E, Beast, Alice, Baron, Roxxie, Sleepy, Lucky Day
Anything but Clothes theme at the Sie Film Center
It’s time for our last theme night before our October season gets up and running, put on that trash bag, wrap yourself with caution tape, it’s Anything but Clothes night with Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient!
Sie Film Center - August
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
Halloween in Summer - Horror night at the SIE
Pride month is over, yknow what that means? We’re ready for Halloween! Join us at the Sie film center for this Halloween in Summer Horror theme! It’s the Rocky Horror movie you know and love, but your on stage shadowcast perfomers have each put their horror twist on their favorite characters. Tickets available now!
Rainbow Tint My World - A Rocky Horror Pride Celebration
On Pride Weekend, celebrate 50 years of Rocky Horror with a thrilling theatrical experience that fuses music, pole, aerial, and burlesque in a dazzling tribute to the cult classic!
The evening kicks off with a powerhouse musical set by Meet Loaf: The Ultimate Meatloaf Tribute, bringing all the glam rock theatrics, power ballads, and over-the-top drama you'd expect from Meatloaf!
As the night heats up, Colorado’s own Elusive Ingredient sets the stage with cheeky, immersive Rocky Horror-inspired entertainment — warming up the crowd with playful nods to the cult classic and building the anticipation for the main event.
Then the curtain rises on a fully reimagined stage spectacle where iconic Rocky Horror musical numbers come to life through gravity-defying aerial acts, sultry pole routines, and campy burlesque numbers — all performed to the original soundtrack!
Rock your best Rocky Horror costume — whether you're channeling Frank, Magenta, Columbia, or your own fabulous creation — and enter our costume contest for a chance to win prizes and giveaways!
Come celebrate freedom, queerness, and 50 years of Rocky Horror magic — with glitter, leather, and Pride in every moment!
BDSM NIGHT AT THE SIE
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
FREE SHOW at the Boulder Public Library - Canyon Theater
Enjoy a shadow-casted screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at this special after-hours event starring Colorado's Elusive Ingredient! Rated R. Runtime 1hr 40min. Closed captions provided.
Get ready to join nearly 50 years of Denver Culture with shows by Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient. With a fusion of iconic cult classic cinema and live, immersive theater, Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient creates shows that are unforgettable celebrations of queer community, B films, cult classics and audience participation.
Summer-ween Rocky Horror at the Holiday Theater
This Friday the 13th, experience the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show like never before—with a wild, immersive performance by Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient live showcast. Get ready to sing, shout, and dance in the aisles!
This is an audience participation movie where viewers are encouraged to yell callbacks, dance, and sing along throughout the film. Bring your own props (please no food, rice, or confetti poppers) or support the cast by buying one of our throw bags available for purchase before the start of the show for just $5!
Sie Film Center - MAY
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
Sie Film Center - APRIL
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
Rocky Horror Easter - Meow Wolf Monday
They are risen! Join us for a night of unforgettable entertainment as we present The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Resurrection!
Prepare for an electrifying experience featuring the iconic shadowcast performance by Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient and the dazzling vocal talents of drag sensation Gila Moonstar. Doors open at 6 PM, and the show kicks off at 7 PM.
Expect captivating performances, wild costumes, and audience participation as we celebrate this cult classic with a twist! Join us for our Hunky Jesus Competition for a chance to win fabulous prizes!
Rocky Horror Easter - Meow Wolf Sunday
They are risen! Join us for a night of unforgettable entertainment as we present The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Resurrection!
Prepare for an electrifying experience featuring the iconic shadowcast performance by Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient and the dazzling vocal talents of drag sensation Gila Moonstar. Doors open at 6 PM, and the show kicks off at 7 PM.
Expect captivating performances, wild costumes, and audience participation as we celebrate this cult classic with a twist! Join us for our Hunky Jesus Competition for a chance to win fabulous prizes!
Sie Film Center - March
Need more Rocky? Want to see your favorite performers in new and different roles? That’s no problem, because Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is back at the Sie Film Center another month!
Sie Film Center - February
February is the month of love with valentines day. What can you love more than more Rocky Horror? We’re back at the Sie Film Center and ready to dance and sing
Sie Film Center - January
Join Colorado’s Elusive Ingredent for the first Shadowcasted showing of Rocky Horror this year, at the Sie Film Center! Show starts 10:30 pm. Tickets on sale now
Rocky Horror at The Studio Loft
Join us for our favorite part of pride month, the first cult film phenomenon of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with award-winning live shadow cast Colorado's Elusive Ingredient!
This is an audience participation movie where viewers are encouraged to yell callbacks, dance, and sing along throughout the film. Bring your own props (please no food, rice, or confetti poppers) or support the cast by buying one of our throw bags available for purchase before the start of the show for just $5
Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab. Tickets are on sale now!Doors 8:30 - Show 9:30
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Double Feature at the Boulder Theater
Come up to the lab, and see what’s on the slab, it’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show - the movie you know and love, with live shadowcast Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient! Double Feature Double Fun at the Boulder Theater - October 31st, 2024
Rocky Horror at PACE
THIS FILM IS RATED R FOR ADULT CONTENT, THEMES, AND BRIEF NUDITY. MUST BE 17 OR OLDER TO ATTEND. PROOF OF AGE/IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED AT ENTRY.
Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient presents an immersive interactive shadow cast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Played in the PACE Center theater and acted out on stage, this is an audience participation movie where viewers are encouraged to dress up and have fun! One costume contest winner will win two free tickets to Nunsense!
In this cult classic story, sweethearts Brad and Janet happen upon an eerie castle after their car breaks down during a rainstorm. The castle is home to the diabolical mad scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and his gang of henchmen. Once inside, Brad and Janet are swept in a whirlwind of dancing, rock ‘n roll, sex, and the creation of life itself.
Rocky Horror Picture Show traditions like throwing rice and toast and blowing bubbles during the viewing will not be allowed. Instead, throw bags will be available for purchase before the start of the show that include all of the Rocky Horror classic essentials and help support future shadow casting experiences in and around Denver.
Paramount Theater with Patricia Quinn
Come up to the Lab, and see what’s on the Slab - it’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadowcast Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient, and special guest, the original Magenta - Patricia Quinn! This October 22nd at the Paramount Theater
Rocky Horror at the Ellie Caulkin's Opera House
Come up to the lab, and see what’s on the slab - it’s the Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadowcast Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient! Join them at the Ellie Caulkin’s Opera house October 18th for an unforgettable show - tickets on sale now!
Rocky Horror at the Library?!
Come up to the Lab, to see what’s on the Slab - a fully free showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadowcast Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient!
Doors open 7pm, Saturday October 12
Registrations open at 7:00pm Saturday, Sep 14 2024
Rocky Horror at the Sie Film Center
Come join us at the only nonprofit movie theater - the Sie! I see you shiver with antici….. pation for this amazing show!
2510 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
Doors 10:00 pm
Show 10:30
Rocky Horror Ren Fair Theme Night at Studio Loft
Join us for our favorite part of pride month, the first cult film phenomenon of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with award-winning live shadow cast Colorado's Elusive Ingredient!
This is an audience participation movie where viewers are encouraged to yell callbacks, dance, and sing along throughout the film. Bring your own props (please no food, rice, or confetti poppers) or support the cast by buying one of our throw bags available for purchase before the start of the show for just $5
Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab. Tickets are on sale now!Doors 8:30 - Show 9:30
TICKETS!
Rocky Horror at the Vintage Theater
Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient is honored to do a show at the Vintage theater in Aurora! Join us for just $15 and enjoy the Rocky Horror you know and love, with a live shadowcast for the in person movie experience!
Rocky Horror PRIDE NIGHT at Studio Loft
Join us for our favorite part of pride month, the first cult film phenomenon of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with award-winning live shadow cast Colorado's Elusive Ingredient!
This is an audience participation movie where viewers are encouraged to yell callbacks, dance, and sing along throughout the film. Bring your own props (please no food, rice, or confetti poppers) or support the cast by buying one of our throw bags available for purchase before the start of the show for just $5
Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab. Tickets are on sale now!Doors 8:30 - Show 9:30
TICKETS!