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The Vortex Theatre

2900 Carlisle Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

The Vortex Theatre is a theatre in Albuquerque, NM.

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Review: PERSEPHONE, BABY at New Mexico Actors Lab

Review: PERSEPHONE, BABY at New Mexico Actors Lab

by Jackie Camborde · October 9, 2026

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

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Musical Theatre Southwest

by Jackie Camborde · September 8, 2026

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

Review: THE GUYS at Ironweed Productions At Teatro Paraguas

by Jackie Camborde · September 8, 2026

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

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Albuquerque Little Theater

by Mariah Olesen · September 8, 2026

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

Review: THREE TALL WOMEN at New Mexico Actors Lab

by Mariah Olesen · August 31, 2026

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

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.  …

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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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast  in Albuquerque Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Popejoy Hall (10/14-10/18)
Shanghai Ballet Giselle  in Albuquerque Shanghai Ballet Giselle
Popejoy Hall (10/25-10/25)
Staind, Seether, Hoobastank & Hinder in Albuquerque Staind, Seether, Hoobastank & Hinder
First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater (10/14-10/14)
Josh Gates Live! in Albuquerque Josh Gates Live!
Popejoy Hall (1/10-1/10)
Mamma Mia! in Albuquerque Mamma Mia!
Popejoy Hall (5/18-5/23)
Company in Albuquerque Company
Santa Fe Playhouse (11/19-12/20)
Persephone, Baby in Albuquerque Persephone, Baby
New Mexico Actors Lab (10/01-10/18)
Resonance - the Fall Student Dance Concert in Albuquerque Resonance - the Fall Student Dance Concert
Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance (10/23-10/31)
Antigone in Albuquerque Antigone
Vortex Theatre (10/16-11/08)