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Blackout Theatre Company

A different kind of theatre.
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Blackout is a New Mexican company that creates and teaches a style of performance incorporating the theatrical, media, musical and studio arts, blurring the lines between them.

07/04/2026

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a soccer game, how baseball got popular in NM, or what it would look like if New Mexico United had a Waluigi, have we got the Saturday night for you!

Join us for a special screening of NITE SCHOOL EPISODE XI: SPORTS IN NEW MEXICO at the 4th of July tailgate, right between the Paraguay vs France watch party and the United vs Oakland Roots game (with post-game fireworks)! Can’t wait to see you there! ⚽️🎆

06/21/2026

Duuuuuude 🥺🫶 Santa Beva closes TONIGHT! Thank you to our incredible audiences, cast, crew, designers and production team for making this a world premiere to ‘member!

You have ONE more chance to see it: tonight at 6PM, Pay-What-You-Will at CNM’s Coal Avenue Theatre. Watch out tho cuz there could be draculas!

06/14/2026

“I could don’t. But I won’t don’t.” Please join us in celebrating Llevi Sáenz-Tafoya’s hilarious theatrical debut as the un-freak-out-able Tóne! 💘

Llevi Sáenz-Tafoya (any) is 20 years old and this is their first time being in a play! Their acting experience and training comes straight from the Public Academy for Performing Arts with the amazing Josh Heard as their teacher! They’re excited to bring Tóne to life through laughter.

You’ve only got FOUR more chances to catch the world premiere of Santa Beva! We’re back tonight at 6PM, and closing weekend runs June 19-21! All ticketing is Pay-What-You-Will (suggested $10), available at the door or online at blackouttheatre.com.

06/12/2026

If you’re feeling down, don’t bother texting bc she’s literally already on her way with some good chisme and a lil treat 💖 meet Chinche, the ride-or-die prima played by Isa Michellie!

Isa Michellie (she/her) is a Q***r actor and artist of many mediums. She loves new works, and most
recently appeared in Duke City Rep’s Sin Límites festival as Yoli in “Rabia.” Other roles include
Murphy in “Dust” (Blackout), Rosie in “Cabaret” (Musical Theatre Southwest), Cha Cha in “Grease”
(Albuquerque Little Theatre), and Helen in “Low Moon” (Vortex). She loves art made by real
people, and wants to tell stories in every way she can. Isa hopes to inspire others to be more
creative, whimsical, and hopeful for the future.

Santa Beva is back this weekend, starting TONIGHT at 7pm! Don’t miss this hilarious world premiere by Leonard Madrid, directed by A. Yourd!

Photo by Jordyn Palma

06/11/2026

Sometimes the biggest hearts come with the biggest mess. ❤️‍🔥 Meet Beva, everyone’s best prima, played by the incredible Rachel Sedillo!

Rachel Sedillo (she/her) has been doing theatre in Albuquerque since 2008 and is a board member of Theatre 3 (Theatre 3), a fiscally sponsored entity of Abq Arts Hub. She is a Director at heart and has most recently directed full productions of “How the Stars Used to Shine There” by Jenny Hoffman and Michelle Lawson-Hughes and “In the Middle of Grand Central Station” by Nancy Pahl Gilsenan. She is thrilled to be onstage for this production and hopes that you enjoy Beva and this world of primos as much as she does! She’d most like to thank her boys and wonderful husband for being her biggest supporters and the best part of every day.

SANTA BEVA continues this weekend, Friday and Saturday at 7PM and Sunday at 6PM! Seats are filling up, so get your tickets in advance at blackouttheatre.com!

06/05/2026

📯HARK!!!🪽 Something big is happening! Like real big! Like BIG big! Like milagro big! Santa Beva is opening TONIGHT!!!

Don’t miss the world premiere of this hilarious new play, running June 5-21 at the Coal Avenue Theatre! Here’s the full Weekend 1 lineup:

⭐️FRI 6/5: Opening Night! 6:30 house, 7:00 curtain
⭐️SAT 6/6: 6:30 house, 7:00 curtain
⭐️SUN 6/7: Masked-Attendance Show! 5:30 house, 6:00 curtain. All audience members and non-performer personnel will be required to wear a mask at this performance. (Blackout will have a limited supply of extra masks free of charge!)

For tickets & more info visit blackouttheatre.com!
(Photo by Jordyn Palma)

06/03/2026

SANTA BEVA: Meet the playwright!

Leonard Madrid (he/him/él) is a New Mexican theatre maker. His plays have been performed around the United States. He has been an artistic core member of Blackout Theatre for almost 20 years. He is currently an Associate Professor of Theatre at ENMU.

(ok that’s the bio in our show program, but forgive a proud theatre company for elaborating!) Leonard is a multi-award-winning playwright and one of New Mexico’s most exciting writers, bringing celebratory, heartfelt, hilarious, crucial stories about New Mexican Latine families (especially primos) to stages across the country.

And did you know: Santa Beva takes place in the same universe as Prima’s Guide to Funerals, H-E-Double Crooked Letter, and other plays featuring an extended family spanning Mesilla to Denver? If you’ve seen one of Leonard’s plays before, you’re sure to catch some easter eggs in this one!

Don’t miss SANTA BEVA, opening this Friday and running through June 21!

06/02/2026

same tbh 😴

It’s tech week, and we’ve been hard at work! Santa Beva opens THIS FRIDAY and runs through June 21 at the Coal Avenue Theatre! Written by Leonard Madrid, directed by A. Yourd. For tickets and showtimes visit blackouttheatre.com!

Address

PO Box 40153
Albuquerque, NM
87196

Website

https://linktr.ee/blackouttheatre

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