The 104th Annual Melodrama
The tradition of the Melodrama lives on in the 104th Annual MELODRAMA , which will continue evolving and honoring Santa Fe with fresh, locally-rooted satire.
About the Theatre
Santa Fe Playhouse is a professional theater company dedicated to producing bold, engaging work and enriching Santa Fe's arts community. We're seeking a strategic Development Director to lead fundraising efforts that sustain and grow our artistic mission.Upcoming Shows
Company
Through a series of vignettes, Company showcases the joys and struggles of relationships, marriage, and singledom, forcing the 35 year old and single Robert (or Bobbie) to confront their own reluctance to commit and the meaning of being alive. The show, a trailblazer of the...
Articles
Review: MACBETH at New Mexico Shakespeare Festival
Few lines capture the contradictions of Macbeth quite so neatly. The New Mexico Shakespeare Festival's production offers moments of genuine theatrical pleasure alongside choices that left me wanting more.…
Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Albuquerque Little Theatre
What did our critic think of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Albuquerque Little Theatre?…
Review: PERSEPHONE, BABY at New Mexico Actors Lab
We probably all know at least a little of the myth of Persephone and Hades – it’s been explored in countless plays, operas and in the hit musical Hadestown. New Mexico Actors Lab adds one new take on the classic story with the world premiere of Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey this October.…
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Musical Theatre Southwest
Come From Away is the true story of the 38 planes and their passengers that were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland the morning of September 11, 2001. The United States closed the airspace for the first time in history and all planes coming from Europe were forced to land in Gander, a town of ab…
Review: THE GUYS at Ironweed Productions At Teatro Paraguas
The story begins with Joan (Karen Leigh), a well to do mother and wife who lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As she begins to tell her “where were you” account about that morning, I notice members of the audience nodding and nudging one another – if we were old enough to remember that…
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Albuquerque Little Theater
Mean Girls kicked off the 97th Season at ALT, an enormous accomplishment and impressive feat, especially at a time when the arts, and theater in particular, are so vastly underfunded and rely heavily on the support of individual donors and community supporters. …
Review: THREE TALL WOMEN at New Mexico Actors Lab
The play is presented in two acts. In Act 1, the scene is established: an elderly, wealthy woman (A) meets with a young lawyer (C) who has been sent to get A's affairs in order. Woman B, a nurse, gently cares for Woman A through moments of senility and vulnerability. C remains unimpressed and uninsp…
Review: BAD MEDICINE at Santa Fe Playhouse
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: LILI ELBE at Santa Fe Opera
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Review: Santa Fe Playhouse To Present CABARET
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:…
Past Shows
Bad Medicine
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...
Cabaret
Cabaret is a musical set in the final days of the Weimar Republic in 1930s Berlin, focusing on the decadent nightlife of the Kit Kat Klub as the Nazi Party rises to power. An American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, and British singer Sally Bowles fall in love amid this growing...
At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen
Set in 2004, At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen alternates between the wake of deceased Drag Queen Courtney Berringers and scenes of her life and romantic journey with aspiring drag performer Vickie Versailles. This play utilizes traditional storytelling, drama, and drag...
POTUS (OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMB ASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE)
POTUS (OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMB ASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE) is a farce about seven powerful women in the White House who must frantically work to contain a global crisis caused by the President’s disastrous PR stunt, which escalates from a scandal into a...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead follows two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as they wake up to find themselves inside the play of Shakespeare's Hamlet from their own bewildered, absurdist perspective. The characters from Hamlet...
The Melodrama
No one is safe -not even Santa Fe Playhouse – from the gloves off roast that will be this year’s The Melodrama, showcasing four short plays by New Mexican playwrights, inspired by an ensemble of six actors and the theme of ‘fire’ to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the...
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& Juliet Popejoy Hall (11/03-11/08) |
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Josh Gates Live! Popejoy Hall (1/10-1/10) |
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THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Adobe Theater (12/04-12/20) |
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The Servant of Two Masters Rodey Theatre (10/30-11/07) |
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CLUE Adobe Theater (10/16-11/08) |
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The Carpenters Songbook: A Live Celebration Popejoy Hall (11/22-11/22) |
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Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS World on a String: Swinging Songs of Broadway Popejoy Hall (2/06-2/06) |
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Romeo + Juliet in Concert Popejoy Hall (2/20-2/20) |
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A Christmas Carol Popejoy Hall (12/11-12/11) |
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Lunar Eclipse New Mexico Actors Lab (11/05-11/22) |
