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What We Do

Teatro Paraguas stages contemporary award-winning Latinx plays in English and bilingual productions of Hispanic/Latinx poetry and classic cuentos (folk-tales), while promoting children's theatre, producing the works of New Mexico playwrights, and celebrating the history, richness and diversity of New Mexico's many cultures and artistic talent.

We are open to partnerships with other arts organizations, non-profit service organizations and local businesses, as well as commissions, mentorships, suggestions for programming, comments, and feedback.

Teatro Paraguas' "Son De Domingo" events provide opportunities for poets and musicians to perform in an intimate setting on Sunday evenings. We also make our studio available for classes, workshops, rehearsals, and performances by performers and other theater companies

Our Goals

Produce quality thought-provoking theatre
Promote the use of the Spanish language in public discourse in Santa Fe
Provide training for children and young actors, especially those of Hispanic/Latino background
Provide a low-risk affordable and intimate venue to promote the performance arts in Santa Fe and environs
Acquaint audiences with the vibrant and diverse genre of contemporary Latina/o theatre
Work closely with other theatre companies in Santa Fe to promote the performing arts through resource-sharing and fiscal sponsorships
Provide a venue for the promotion of poetry and poets in Santa Fe
Produce the works of New Mexico playwrights

Who We Are

Teatro Paraguas is a 501(c)(3) arts organization (FEIN 27-0410452) and serves as fiscal agent for several Santa Fe-based theater companies.

Founding Members:

Macarena Muñoz (Spain), Cathy Nelson (Mexico), Gustav Alsina (Uruguay), Meg Hachman, Mary Mier, Karmela Gonzales, Enid Howarth, Corinna MacNeice, Ron Mier, Ray Gere, Crawford MacCallum, Argos MacCallum

Board of Directors:

President: JoJo Sena de Tarnoff

Vice-Pesident: Paola Vengoechea Martini

Secretary: Corinna MacNeice

Treasurer: Alan Rapoport

Members-at-large

Sylvia Chavez, Rudy Fernandez, Jeff Tarnoff, Cristina Vigil, Argos MacCallum, Noah G. Simpson, Margot Cole,
Elsa Lopez

Click here to visit the Teatro Paraguas' Children's Theatre Program page!

Kids and Teens

Teatro Paraguas is committed to working with teens and young people from Santa Fe's Tri-Cultures, with an emphasis on reaching native Hispanic and immigrant families.

Past projects include:

The Cuentos series

Choices

Shortes

Overpopulation

Las Apariciones de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Tres Comedias Curiosas
Original Plays with Music featuring kids and adults working together, based upon Folk Tales, Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales; performed for elementary schools and the public.

Young actors work alongside experienced adult actors onstage, gaining invaluable experience.

Our Productions

Our work falls roughly into three categories:

¡Poesía Viva! Poetry performance series, which honors Hispanic and Latinx poets through dramatic presentations of their poetry.

Contemporary Latinx plays, including plays by New Mexico playwrights.

Cuentos series, which bring traditional Hispanic folk tales and legends to life on the stage.

Since 2008, Teatro Paraguas has produced 37 plays by 21 New Mexico playwrights. We are committed to promoting local writers, particularly those whose work reflects the Hispanic/Latino/New Mexico experience. In addition, Teatro Paraguas has produced seven original children's plays written by Rebecca Morgan featuring original music by Jeff Tarnoff and JoJo Sena de Tarnoff (known as MELANGE)

2025
Big Words, by Joey Chavez

2024

In My Father's House, by Jacalyn Kane
Viva México: The Dance, Poetry, and Music of México, by Xochitl Ehrl, Thelma Arguello, James Stake

2023

Black Range Trilogy, by John Macker
Cat's Pajamas, by Vicki Meager
United in Blood, the Revolutionary Poetry and Music of Chile, by James Stake

2022
11 Short Plays, by Joey Chavez
Coyote Acid, by John Macker
Save the Bees, by Bill O'Neill

2021
Curious Smiles, by Robert F. Benjamin
Typhoon, by Alix Hudson
Hunker Up, by Robert F. Benjamin

2020
Hummingbird, by Alix Hudson
Hunker Down, by Robert F. Benjamin
Love in the DMZ, by Julie Shapiro
Volver Volver Volver, by Leonard Madrid

2019
We Are Hispanic-American Women,...OK?, by Patricia Crespin
Word Over All, by Dan Bohnhorst

2018
Atravesada: Poetry of the Border, by Alix Hudson

2017Lola's Last Dance, by E.A. "Tony" MaresStill in the Game, by Robert Benjamin
2016Revolution, by Alix Hudson
2015 Our Lady of Mariposas, by Alix Hudson Not Quite Right, by Robert Benjamin 2014When The Stars Trembled in Rio Puerco, by Shebana Coelho
2013Salt and Pepper, by Robert Benjamin
2011Manhattan Glass, by Joey ChavezThe Medea Complex, by Patricia Crespin
2010The Ballad of Sucio's Frog, by Mary MierShortes and Overpopulation, by Angelo JaramilloChoices, by RosaRio RoybalLion in the Lamb, by Deborah DennisonParted Waters, by Robert Benjamin
2009We Are Hispanic-American Women...OK?, by Patricia CrespinLas tres Pigletitas y el Diablo the Wolf, by Patricia Crespin
2008Las Apariciónes de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, by Linda Pedro de MartinezArrores, by Angelo Jaramillo

Our Space

Teatro Paraguas maintains a 55-seat studio theatre for its own productions and as a community resource for performing and literary arts in northern New Mexico. We also are an incubator for emerging theatre groups, youth groups, individual performers, poets and musicians. We have produced 90 plays since our debut performance ¡Neruda: Canto Porque Canto y Porque Canto! in 2004.