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2026 New PlayFest

Aug 20 – Aug 29, 2026 · Vortex Theatre, Albuquerque

The Vortex Theatre presents two nights of 7 short plays and 2 one-act plays by New Mexico playwrights. August 20 at 7:30 pm and August 23 at 6:30 pm 7 Short Plays Permission by Zane Barker, directed by Abriana LaValley Checkerboard Chicks by Allison Fradkin, directed by Barry...

Bad Medicine

Bad Medicine

Aug 6 – Aug 30, 2026 · Santa Fe Playhouse, Santa Fe

In Bad Medicine , Native American academics Aislin and Cesar are excited to settle into their new home in Proctor, Massachusetts. Even their nosy white neighbors seem nice enough. But as Aislin becomes aware of strange occurrences surrounding her job at the Natural History...

They Must Be Women Now

They Must Be Women Now

Aug 14 – Aug 30, 2026 · Vortex Theatre, Albuquerque

A Winner of the American Association of Communiyt Theatre 2026 New PlayFest, THEY MUST BE WOMEN NOW takes its title from a line by Sophocles’ Creon. Charleen (alias Sweet Tea), like her ancient precursor Antigone, has a big mouth that gets her into trouble—specifically, fired...

THE RIVER

THE RIVER

Aug 28 – Sep 13, 2026 · West End Productions, Albuquerque

On a moonless night in August when the sea trout run, an unnamed Man brings his new girlfriend to his secluded family cabin. The play unravels into a haunting, mysterious web of memory, as it becomes apparent the Man has brought multiple women to the exact same spot, exploring...

Three Tall Women by Edward Albee

Three Tall Women by Edward Albee

Aug 27 – Sep 13, 2026 · New Mexico Actors Lab, Santa Fe

Edward Albee's Three Tall Women at the NM Actors Lab Pulitzer Prize winning Three Tall Women centers around a young lawyer, referred to only as “C,” who has been sent to the home of a client, a ninety-two-year-old woman only referred to as “A,” to sort out her finances along...

THE CRUCIBLE

THE CRUCIBLE

Sep 4 – Sep 27, 2026 · Adobe Theater, Albuquerque

THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller, directed by Georgia Athearn, is a 1953 play that dramatizes the story of the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the U.S. Government persecuted people accused of being...

The Crucible

The Crucible

Sep 4 – Sep 27, 2026 · The Adobe Theater, Albuquerque

Opening September 4th through the 27th, The Adobe Theater brings Miller’s classic and poignant story to to the stage. Performances will be held on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm. Saturday, September 19th, matinee only at 2:00pm. Thursdays, September 10...

The Motherf**ker with the Hat

The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Sep 11 – Oct 4, 2026 · Vortex Theatre, Albuquerque

With heightened and relentless dialog, Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Motherfucker with the Hat follows Jackie, a recently paroled ex-con and recovering addict whose fragile new life teeters when he finds an unfamiliar hat in his girlfriend Veronica’s apartment. The discovery...

Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey

Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey

Oct 1 – Oct 18, 2026 · New Mexico Actors Lab, Santa Fe

Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey When Persephone is abducted by Hades, God of the Underworld, she must rely on the kindness of a dead woman and the hope that Demeter, her mother, will come to her rescue before it’s too late—if Persephone eats any food of the Underworld, she...

Antigone

Antigone

Oct 16 – Nov 8, 2026 · Vortex Theatre, Albuquerque

After Oedipus ' self-exile, his sons Eteocles and Polynices engage in a civil war for the Theban throne, which results in both brothers dying while fighting each other. Oedipus' brother-in-law and new Theban ruler Creon orders the public honoring of Eteocles and the public...

CLUE

CLUE

Oct 16 – Nov 8, 2026 · Adobe Theater, Albuquerque

CLUE by Sandy Rustin, directed by Eddie Dethlef, is a play based on the classic board game and the 1985 Paramount movie, where six guests are invited to a mansion and a murder occurs. The play, a comedic whodunit, challenges the audience to solve the mystery of who killed the...

Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies

Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies

Nov 5 – Nov 22, 2026 · New Mexico Actors Lab, Santa Fe

Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies Late on a summer night, in a field on their Kentucky farm, a long-married couple, George and Em, have come to watch a Lunar Eclipse. As the seven stages of the celestial phenomenon unfold, the two sip bourbon and reflect on land and legacy...

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

Dec 4 – Dec 20, 2026 · Adobe Theater, Albuquerque

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Henry Avery, centers around Sheridan Whiteside, a sharp-tongued, demanding, and witty character, who is forced to stay with the Stanley family after an injury. He disrupts their lives with his eccentric...

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Nov 27 – Dec 27, 2026 · Vortex Theatre, Albuquerque

Picasso at the Lapin Agile features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet at a bar called the Lapin Agile (French: "Nimble Rabbit") in Montmartre, Paris. It is set on October 8, 1904, and both men are on the verge of disclosing amazing ideas (Einstein...

Latest Albuquerque Reviews

Review: BAD MEDICINE at Santa Fe Playhouse

Review: BAD MEDICINE at Santa Fe Playhouse

by Jackie Camborde · August 17, 2026

Sometimes a show seems like it’s of the moment; the plot points and action hits just right for the time. Many times they become iconic parts of the canon for years to come, but some tend to feel like they miss the mark too quickly. Bad Medicine, which has its world premiere at the Santa Fe Playhou…

Review: Santa Fe Playhouse To Present CABARET

Review: Santa Fe Playhouse To Present CABARET

by Jackie Camborde · July 8, 2026

I won't post to X.Imagine my surprise and delight to view this musical through the fresh vision presented by Director Anna Hogan, cast and crew. Let’s begin with the basics, compliments of the Cabaret program:…

Review: THE DROWNING GIRLS at New Mexico Actors Lab

Review: THE DROWNING GIRLS at New Mexico Actors Lab

by Jackie Camborde · June 14, 2026

According to the Director’s note, The Drowning Girls is based on a true story. It tells the tale of three women who lived during the early half of the 20th century; all three were murdered by their husbands, drowned in their bathtubs.  …

Review: AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN at Santa Fe Playhouse

Review: AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN at Santa Fe Playhouse

by Jackie Camborde · May 19, 2026

he thing that stayed with me after this show was the ease and natural ebb and flow of conversation the two actors had; both Malcom-Petty and Sigl had volumes of script to memorize, but both took the words from the page and embodied them. …

Review: POTUS at Santa Fe Playhouse

Review: POTUS at Santa Fe Playhouse

by Jackie Camborde · March 24, 2026

Catch the uproarious antics of POTUS at Santa Fe Playhouse! Experience a day of chaos as seven women navigate the president's blunders.…

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elite Dance & Theatre (8/08-8/22)
The Crucible in Albuquerque The Crucible
The Adobe Theater (9/04-9/27)
They Must Be Women Now in Albuquerque They Must Be Women Now
Vortex Theatre (8/14-8/30)
Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies in Albuquerque Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies
New Mexico Actors Lab (11/05-11/22)
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER in Albuquerque THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
Adobe Theater (12/04-12/20)
Staind, Seether, Hoobastank & Hinder in Albuquerque Staind, Seether, Hoobastank & Hinder
First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater (10/14-10/14)
Company in Albuquerque Company
Santa Fe Playhouse (11/19-12/20)
The Motherf**ker with the Hat in Albuquerque The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Vortex Theatre (9/11-10/04)
Outlander In Concert in Albuquerque Outlander In Concert
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Madama Butterfly in Albuquerque Madama Butterfly
Santa Fe Opera (7/03-8/29)