Re-Imagining Mary Hunter Austin's 1919 Performance One Night Only! Saturday, April 13 at 7:30pm St. Francis Auditorium of the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501 In 1919, at the St. Francis Auditorium of the Museum of New Mexico, Mary Hunter Austin—a writer and activist drawn here by this new state’s growing reputation as an epicenter for artists— hosted and staged a production of three plays. Her vision would ultimately become, in 1922, the…

TELL BABY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS HUNG LIKE A SEAHORSE: THE SHOW+TELL VERSION Written and Performed by Quinn Alexander Fontaine Directed by Susan Mele April 19–21, 2019 Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E De Vargas St, Santa Fe, NM 87501 Hung Like A Seahorse: The Show+Tell Version is a shining example of overcoming cultural norms and living one’s truth every single day. Based on Quinn Alexander Fontaine’s life story of being born in the wrong body, this insightful, heartwarming, hilarious show is a celebration of healing.…

Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison May 2-May 19 A powerful story about aging, memory, and artificial intelligence. Set in the not too distant future, Marjorie is starting to lose her memories to dementia. Her daughter and son in law employ the assistance on an A.I. program to help her cope and keep her out of a home. In this richly spare new play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits — if any — of what…

Fun Home June 13-June 30 by Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori, and Alison Bechdel When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires.…

NSFW by Lucy Kirkwood July 18-August 4 NSFW is a dark workplace comedy satirising media attitudes to sexuality and personal privacy. In the office of a British men's magazine, appropriately called "Doghouse", disaster strikes when they discover that their amature centerfold is actually a non-consenting 14 year-old girl. This play takes off the gloves and tackles modern morality, the objectification of women (by both men and other women), and how the media culture perpetuates mistreatment. Wonderfully funny but with sharp…

2019 Fiesta Melodrama by a courageously anonymous group of local heroes August 22-September 15 The 2nd annual 99th anniversary of a mysteriously old Santa Fe tradition. If that sentence confuses you, you’re not alone! Even if we are not sure exactly how long we have been skewering local politicians and issues in the Santa Fe Fiesta Melodrama, we do know how to get it done. Written in the style of an “Old West” melodrama, this show will remind you of…

The Happiest Song Plays Last by Quiara Alegria Hudes October 3-October 20 At the dawn of the Arab Spring in an ancient Jordanian town, an Iraq War veteran struggles to overcome the traumas of combat by taking on an entirely new and unexpected career: an action-film hero. At the same time, halfway around the world in a cozy North Philadelphia kitchen, his cousin takes on a heroic new role of her own: as the heart and soul of her crumbling…