New Mexico State University

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors

book by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

directed by Nichole Hamilton 

*Special preview performance on September 26th at 5:30pm

September 27th @ 7:30pm *opening night reception to follow

September 28th @ 7:30pm

October 4th @ 7:30pm

October 5th @ 7:30pm

October 6th @ 2:00pm

Ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker's legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with Mel Brooks Monty Python and The 39 Steps? That's just what happens in this lightning-fast laugh-out-loud 90-minute gender-bending romp. When her sister Mina falls ill with a mysterious disease of the blood Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé Jonathan Harker enlist the help of famed female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Their hunt for the dangerous and sexy Count Dracula abounds with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. Five actors play over a dozen roles in this bloodcurdlingly hilarious send-up of the literary classic.

Mother Courage and Her Children

play by Bertolt Brecht and Margarete Steffin

directed by Larissa Lury

*Special preview performance on November 7th at 5:30pm

November 8th @ 7:30pm *opening night reception to follow

November 9th @ 7:30pm

November 15th @ 7:30pm

November 16th @ 7:30pm

November 17th @ 2:00pm

Mother Courage and Her Children is the antiwar musical stage-play written by exiled German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. Set in seventeenth-century Europe, the play follows Mother Courage, a woman who operates a rolling canteen business during the Thirty Years War.

It's Showtime!

The Performing Arts Trivia Show, An ASTC Fundraiser to benefit the NMSU Theatre Arts Department

directed by Monique Foster

December 6th at 7:00pm

Performers will include NMSU Theatre Department students, dancers from Borderlands Ballet Company, Organ Mountain High School Choir, Gospel Choir of Las Cruces, Studio A-440 in Las Cruces, dance students from Alma d’arte Charter High School and local artist Georgina Armendariz doing a hoop act.

All proceeds from the event, including trivia contest tickets, will benefit NMSU theatre students, paying for student travel to theatre auditions and competitions, scholarships and guest artists who work with theatre students at NMSU.

that drive thru monterey

by Matthew Paul Olmos

student directed by Eva Cullen

*Special preview performance on February 20th at 5:30pm

February 21st @ 7:30pm *opening night reception to follow

February 22nd @ 7:30pm

February 28th @ 7:30pm

March 1st @ 7:30pm

March 2nd @ 2:00pm

The story of a Mexican-American woman in 1971 Los Angeles as she experiences a first, nerdy love. Throughout the courtship, she experiences mysterious premonitions of what lies ahead in her life and how the ever’present machismo will ultimately bring her heartbreak as it gets passed down from fathers to sons; generation to generation.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

The Prom

music by Matthew Sklar

lyrics by Chad Beguelin

book by Bob Martin and Beguelin

based on an original concept by Jack Viertel

directed by Wil Kilroy

musical direction by Sarah Neely

*Special preview performance on April 10th at 5:30pm

April 11th @ 7:30pm *opening night reception to follow

April 12th @ 7:30pm

April 25th @ 7:30pm

April 26th @ 7:30pm

April 27th @ 2:00pm

Four eccentric Broadway stars join forces with a courageous girl who wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, but is thwarted by the PTA. In the end acceptance and love overcome the challenge. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!