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The Vortex Theatre

2900 Carlisle Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

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.…

Past Shows

21 total · showing 1–10

How I Learned to Drive

How I Learned to Drive

May 17 – Jun 2, 2024

A woman learans the rules of the road and life from behind the wheel. ADULCONTENT - not appropriate for children under 14.

Hillary and Clinton

Hillary and Clinton

Apr 12 – Apr 28, 2024

This high-flying comedy is set in an alternate universe and examines the politics of marriage, gender, and the limitations of experience during a run for the Presidential nomination.

August Wilson's Jitney

August Wilson's Jitney

Mar 8 – Mar 24, 2024

The Pulitzer-prize winning playwright, August Wilson, is famous for masterpieces like Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences and The Piano Lesson. Jitney takes us on a ride through 1970s Pittsburgh. Directed by the talented Angela Littleton, this play unearths the complelling tale of...

The Art of Raising Anything

The Art of Raising Anything

Feb 2 – Feb 18, 2024

World premiere of a new play by Glaad Award Winner John Dayton Cerna. "The Art of Raising Anything," invites you into the lives of two starkly different souls whose journey toward understanding each other will tug at your heartstrings. A small-town man, whose world crumbled with...

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley

Dec 1 – Dec 17, 2023

The Wickhams takes audiences to Pemberley's downstairs servants' quarters for the Christmas celebration. Mrs. Reynolds, the housekeeper, Cassie, an eager new maid, and Brian, a footman, are bustling to make preparations, but their work is interrupted by the arrival of the...

Hazardous Materials

Hazardous Materials

Nov 3 – Nov 19, 2023

One apartment. Two different eras. Each creating unlikely friendships. In 2015, reluctant coworkers Hal and Cassie are investigating a sad hoarder mess, sifting through the belongings of an elderly and mysterious "Jane Doe." In 1955, two strangers from different worlds, Esther...

Dracula

Dracula

Sep 29 – Oct 15, 2023

Set at the end of the 19th century, Dracula is an absurdist adaptation by post-modernist playwright Mac Wellman ( A Murder of Crows , The Hyacinth Macaw ). Told in a non-linear, sometimes non-sensical manner, this version of Bram Stoker's novel is ripe with temptation...

Constellations

Constellations

Aug 25 – Sep 10, 2023

Suppose that life exists in a multiverse—a set of parallel existences that contain infinitely different futures. The possibilities in our lives are, quite literally, endless. Every possible event that could happen, does happen, in one universe or another. And if two lovers...

Blood Knot

Blood Knot

Oct 21 – Nov 13, 2022

In Apartheid South Africa, two brothers, one light-skinned, the other, dark, live and dream of a different world.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Sep 21 – Oct 14, 2018

When Christopher Boone, a Maths Savant on the Autism spectrum, discovers his neighbor's dog has been murdered, he decides to act like Sherlock Holmes and solve the mystery. What he discovers about himself is much more important. Directed by Leslee Richards.

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Jekyll & Hyde The Musical in Albuquerque Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
Farmington Civic Center (10/22-11/01)
Lili Elbe in Albuquerque Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera (8/01-8/27)
The Crucible in Albuquerque The Crucible
The Adobe Theater (9/04-9/27)
Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies in Albuquerque Lunar Eclipse by Donald Margulies
New Mexico Actors Lab (11/05-11/22)
Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey in Albuquerque Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey
New Mexico Actors Lab (10/01-10/18)
Company in Albuquerque Company
Santa Fe Playhouse (11/19-12/20)
& Juliet in Albuquerque & Juliet
Popejoy Hall (11/03-11/08)
A Christmas Carol  in Albuquerque A Christmas Carol
Popejoy Hall (12/11-12/11)
CLUE in Albuquerque CLUE
Adobe Theater (10/16-11/08)
Madama Butterfly in Albuquerque Madama Butterfly
Santa Fe Opera (7/03-8/29)