Office Hours - Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am - 1pm
UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS
Consent Agenda
Benefit performance featuring comedy sketches, historic and contemporary music, videos, and more.
Saturday, July 27 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 28 at 2:00 pm.
Ticket prices range from $15 to $45
Purchase tickets online or call 505-424-1601 for reservations (pay at door)
Poetry Reading with Margaret Lubalin and Jane Tokunaga
Part of the "Poetry at Paraguas" series
Sunday August 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Free admission
Class: Scenework & Ensemble (Sundays)
This 8-week course will take you to new creative heights!
Sunday, August 4 - Sunday, September 29, 12pm - 2pm (no class Sunday, September 1)
Class fee: $225
Class: Advanced Longform (Wednesdays)
It's time to level up your improv. In this ultimate 8-week seminar you will break through your creative boundaries.
Wednesday, August 7 - Wednesday, September 25, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Class fee: $225
Atacama
A play by Augusto Federico Amador
August 9 - 25, 2024 | Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 pm.; Sunday at 2:00 pm.
$25 General admission, $15 Limited Income
Purchase tickets online or call 505-424-1601 for reservations (pay at door)
Buddha’s Cat: Book Release & Poetry Reading
Part of the "Poetry at Paraguas" series
Sunday August 11, 2024, 5pm - 7:30pm
Free admission, suggested donations at door
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Mariana Pineda
Federico Garcia Lorca's second play, performed in English
Based on the true story of Mariana de Pineda y Muñoz, who was executed on May 26, 1831 for having sewn a flag for the opposition against the tyrannical rule of King Ferdinand VII. The play is performed in English, using Gwynne Edwards' translation.
Watch Mariana Pineda excerpts:
Mariana (played by Anna Dempf) finds out she is under arrest
Mariana sings the famous song "I am a Smuggler"
The 4th Conspirator (played by Carlos Sigala) explains why the revolution must be postponed
Scenes from United in Blood: The Revolutionary Music and Poetry of Chile
United in Blood / Unidos en la Sangre
The Revolutionary Music and Poetry of Chile / Música y poesía revolucionarias de Chile
A fully staged performance celebrating the artistic, social and political vision of four of Chile’s most beloved musicians and poets. Performed in the original Spanish, with English translations. / Una representación escénica que celebra la visión artística, social y política de cuatro de los músicos y poetas más queridos de Chile. Presentdo en el español original, con traducciones al inglés.
Cat's Pajamas
A play by Albuquerque playwright Vicki Meagher and directed by Talia Pura
In a devastating instant in Taos, New Mexico, the lives of two emotionally challenged people intersect. The two attempt to connect with each other, crossing through a minefield of issues including disability, isolation, homelessness, abandonment, suicide, the haunting memory of a mass shooting, and survivor guilt...
Black Range Trilogy
3 one-act plays by Santa Fe poet/playwright John Macker
A searing portrait of a struggling New Mexico family on the wrong side of the law, directed by Noah G. Simpson and Argos MacCallum.
Save the Bees
A play about political impasse by NM State Senator Bill O’Neill
Directed by Duchess Dale, the play is about the difficulty legislators face from their respective partisan bases as they attempt to work across the aisle in the current polarized political atmosphere.
Additional content: Watch the Save the Bees - Talk Backs on Xerb >
Paja and The Peanuts and The Picky Princesses
Adapted by Rebecca Morgan from the original prize-winning story “The Princess and the Peanut”
Presented by the Umbrella Children's Theatre, Paja and The Peanuts and The Picky Princesses is a good, old fashioned fairy tale about a happy kingdom full of happy people with just one problem…The Queen Vereen must decide who is heir to the throne...
A Musical Piñata for Christmas XI
A Community Cerebration for the Holidays
Featuring music by the Teatro Paraguas Orchestra, flamenco by Compañía Chuscales y Mina Fajardo and Ballet Folclórico de mi Pueblo, a holiday play titled "A Christmas Carol on Airport Road," and of course the traditional breaking of the piñata with Santa Clos! Plus much more.
The Butler Didn’t Do It!
A Comic ‘Who Done It’ Mystery presented by the Umbrella Children's Theatre
Featuring original song, music and dance, and adapted by Katie Thomas, edited by JoJo Sena-Tarnoff and Rebecca Morgan, with original music by Mélange.
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