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Albuquerque, NM 87114
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Monday - Friday: 2:00–3:00pm
Saturday, and Sunday: 10:00–11:00am
By Sandy Rustin, Clue is a play based on the classic board game and the 1985 Paramount movie, where six guests are invited to mansion and a murder occurs. The play, a comedic whodonit, challenges the audience to solve the mystery of who killed the host, using various weapons and rooms within the mansion.
By Sandy Rustin
Directed by Eddie Dethlefs
Yvette: Gillian Hughes-Fenchel
Wadsworth: Jesse Graff
Cook/Singing Telegram Girl/Backup Cop: Emily Cox
Colonel Mustard: Tony Trigo
Mrs. White: Bridget Dunne
Mrs. Peacock: Deborah Schoenbaum
Mr. Green: Nathan Illidge-Welch
Professor Plum: Tim Chivalette
Miss Scarlet: Emily “Em” Carvey
Mr. Boddy/The Motorist: Casey Powers
Unexpected Cop/Chief of Police: Aidan Kemm
Back-Up Cop: Eric Lopushansky
Back-Up Cop: Chris Callinane
By Arther Miller, The Crucible is a 1953 play that dramatizes the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts. Miller wrote the play as an alegory for McCartheyism, when the US government persecuted people accused of being communists.
By Melanie Marnich, These Shining Lives is a touching drama, based on a true story of four women who work for the Radium Dial Company, a watch company based out of Ottowa, Illinois. The play showcases the danger the women faced in this workplace and highlights the wider lack of concern companies had for protecting the health of their employees.
The CastKristine Padilla… Catherine Donohue
Clair Gardner… Francis
Kelly Kates-Hughes…Charlotte
Sarah Kesselring… Pearl
Bailey Hunt… Tom
Michael Weppler… Mr. Reed
Castalia Mayerhofer… Understudy
By David Nehls and Betsy Kelso, The Great American Trailer Park Musical explores the relationships between the tenants at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Florida, particularly between Pippi, “The stripper on the run,” the Dr. Phil loving agoraphobic, Jeanie and Jeanie’s tollbooth-collector husband.
By Andrew Bergman, Social Security is a comedy that surrounds a married couple who are art dealers. Their domestic tranquility is shattered upon the arrival of the wife’s goody-goody nerd of a sister, her uptight CPA husband, and her archetypal Jewish mother. They are there to try and save their college-student daughter from the horrors of only living for sex
By Lauren Gunderson, Anthropology is a contemporary thriller that centers around two sisters–one who is an AI programmer and one who has been missing for the last year. A moving intersection of family, technology, and legacy.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy about Victorian social hypocrisy and emphasizes the importance of being true and intentional in one’s words. Written with superb English wit, humor, and bumbling physicality.
Spider’s Web (Christie’s second most popular play) is about Clarissa, wife of a diplomat, who is adept at spinning tales of adventure; but, when a murder takes place in her drawing room, she finds live drama more cumbersome to deal with.
Bus Stop is a drama/comedy about a group of people who find unexpected warmth in each other while stranded in a Kansas diner during a snowstorm.
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The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith, directed by Nancy Sellin, is a hilarious political farce which makes fun of practically everyone and is sure to keep you wildly entertained!
Now & Then (Comedy/drama/love story) is about love, following your dreams (or not) and the costs of the decisions we make.
Small Craft Warnings is a play about love, but it is mostly a play about loneliness, fear of abandonment, and despite everything, fear of getting attached.
A Year in Quirky Town (Fundraiser) takes us on a fun parody tour of Albuquerque with dialogue and song
The Underpants is a high energy, hilarious farce about a bored housewife, Louise Maske, who is at a parade to see the king when her underpants fall down to her ankles. The event scandalizes her and chaos ensues.
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is about Lily Harrison, the formidable widow of a Baptist minister, and Michael Minetti, a gay and acerbic dance instructor hired to give her dancing lessons. Charming, funny, and genuinely moving.
In this hilarious comedic romp, four friends have sworn to keep the promise they made on the night of their Senior Prom: to be in each other’s weddings – no matter how many they have.
Red Velvet Cake Wars by Jones Hope Wooten, directed by Cameron Illidge-Welch, is a comedy of Southern proportions and just plain fun
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Yannig Morin, is a chilling, horror-filled story of the chilling Halloween kind.
Death by Design by Rob Urbinati, directed by Lew Hauser, is a comedic, drawing-room mystery to keep you guessing.
The Bridges of Madison County (a musical), directed by Pete Parkin, is the heartfelt story about a short-term love affair that lasts a lifetime.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, directed by Daniel Anaya. Durang uses his rapier wit and humor to present a fresh, modern outtake of a Chekov classic.
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (female version), directed by Georgia Athearn. Neil Simon does it again! This female version of The Odd Couple is hilarious and promises to entertain!
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, directed by Jenelle Baptiste, is an edgy, controversial, thought-provoking play which takes place in the motel room of Martin Luther King Jr. on the night before his assassination. Dr. King and the hotel maid, Camae, discuss the issues facing Dr. King and the conversation reveals a surprising twist.
Note: This is an emotionally riveting play and, in places, there is provocative language.
