2026 Press and News
Winners Announced For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards
Santa Fe Playhouse Wins:
- Best Direction Of A Musical – Anna Hogan – SOMETHING ROTTEN!
- Best Direction Of A Play – Tara Moses – PUEBLO REVOLT
- Best Ensemble – SOMETHING ROTTEN!
- Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance – Gretchen Amstutz – SOMETHING ROTTEN!
- Best Musical – SOMETHING ROTTEN!
- Best New Play Or Musical – PUEBLO REVOLT
- Best Performer In A Play – Bradley Lewis – PUEBLO REVOLT
- Best Play – PUEBLO REVOLT
- Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production – YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
- Favorite Local Theatre – Santa Fe Playhouse
Check out the Article and all of the Winners here!
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive Press
New Mexico Living: Santa Fe Playhouse presents new play called ‘POTUS’
“Fostering community both on and off the stage. Santa Fe Playhouse connects artists and audiences by presenting new works, developing new voices, and re-imagining classics. Soon, you can experience the magic of the Santa Fe Playhouse with their latest play called “POTUS.”
Coffee and Culture with Rikki Carroll and Asiah Thomas-Mandlman
“Host Talia Pura conducts an interview with two cast members of the Santa Fe Playhouse’s upcoming production of POTUS, or, Behind Every Dumbass are Seven Women Just Trying to Keep Him Alive.”
Review from Brian Sandford with Pasatiempo: “All-Female Performance Delivers a Farce to be Reckoned With in New Santa Fe Playhouse Production”
“It is indeed a farce — but the amusing kind, telling the story of women who work to contain damage wrought by a fictional president’s catastrophic public-relations blunder. POTUS, which carries the subtitle (Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive), is powered by 10 women: seven actors, two co-directors, and playwright Selina Fillinger. The play’s president doesn’t appear on stage — nor does any man.”
Check out the rest of the Review Here!
Agents of change: ‘POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive’ turns a lens on the dynamics of power
“Santa Fe Playhouse is opening its 2026 season of Power Plays with “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive.”
Larisa Oleynik to Star in POTUS at Santa Fe Playhouse This Spring
“Santa Fe Playhouse will present POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive, by playwright Selina Fillinger, starring Larisa Oleynik (10 Things I Hate About You) and co-directed by Amrita Dhaliwal and Robyn Rikoon…”