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The ball has finally dropped, ushering in the New Year, and now New Mexico鈥檚 local theaters are raising the curtain on 2026.

The Santa Fe Playhouse is jumping into 2026 with productions all themed around the idea of 鈥淧ower Plays,鈥� Anna Hogan, producing artistic director, said.

鈥淎ll of our six productions on our main stage have to do with conversation of power,鈥� Hogan said.

鈥淪o whether that鈥檚 power in a kind of traditional sense, whether that鈥檚 the power of coming into identity or the power of making decisions in light of life and changes and all of those things,鈥� she said.

The theme came from a desire to put on pieces that invited audiences to open conversations on what they were watching, she said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 less focused on spectacle, and it鈥檚 more focused on conversation and introspection and even advocacy and further education resources,鈥� Hogan said.

The Vortex is celebrating its 50th anniversary season with a mix of old and new shows, including 鈥淲aiting for Godot,鈥� which was the premiere performance when the theater opened in 1976.

鈥淲e wanted to revisit several, six very successful plays, and we also wanted to bring some things that hadn鈥檛 been seen to our stage,鈥� Leslee Richards, Vortex board member, said.

One of the new performances is the world premiere of 鈥淭hey Must be Women Now,鈥� which Vortex will perform as part of the American Association of Community Theatre鈥檚 鈥淣ew Play Fest 2026.鈥�

Richards said she finds theater to be one of the most important art forms.

鈥淚 think perhaps the most important thing is to recognize that theater requires us to get our noses out of our screens, to listen, to hear, to be a part of a world,鈥� Richards said.

Nancy Sellin, board president at The Adobe Theater, said that the ALT season is filled with audience pleasers, including 鈥淥f Mice and Men,鈥� 鈥淐lue鈥� and 鈥淭he Man Who Came to Dinner.鈥�

鈥淭he Adobe is known for more traditional stuff, and our audiences are a little older than some of the audiences,鈥� Sellin said, 鈥渁nd they love the things that are really easy to understand, and not so much left of center.鈥�

The Adobe will be celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2027, and over the years, Sellin said she has seen the importance of local theater.

鈥淭here鈥檚 emotional stuff that comes up, and we have to learn to love all people and to be very diverse and understanding and compassionate,鈥� Sellin said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 one of the things I think we desperately need right now in our world.鈥�

Musical Theatre Southwest will bring classic and contemporary musicals to the stage in 2026.

Executive Director Raul Saenz said one of the focuses during a season is to respect the legacy that classic musicals have left and the impact their stories have had on audiences.

鈥淏eing able to bring back those classics to the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 community is essentially key to being able to perform and say, 鈥楧on鈥檛 forget about what happened in the past,鈥欌�� Saenz said.

The theater will begin the season with 鈥淧rince of Egypt鈥� and end with 鈥淟es Mis茅rables.鈥� Sanez said that MTS has an edgier side when it comes to performances.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 shy away from musicals that could be for children, but also that have very adult, strong content and 鈥楶rince of Egypt鈥� is a little bit of both,鈥� Saenz said.

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe will be kicking off their season with 鈥淭he Winter鈥檚 Tale,鈥� which board member Caryl Farkas said hits on tragedy, comedy and romance but also historical aspects.

She said they chose 鈥淭he Winter鈥檚 Tale鈥� to begin the 2026 season to move away from too many tragedies in a row and work in a comedy. Additionally, Upstart Crows had not done a historical play recently, and this will be the young actors鈥� first introduction to the material.

鈥淭hey didn't know the play at all, but as we started, they fell in love with it,鈥� Farkas said. 

The sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Little Theatre is finishing up its 2025-2026 season with 鈥淭he Children鈥檚 Hour,鈥� 鈥淎nything Goes鈥� and 鈥淐ompany.鈥�

The sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Little Theatre recently appointed Jon Montgomery as its new executive director and Brandon Thomsen as its artistic director. Both are excited to finish up the latest season and dive into a new one.

Montgomery said that as the season finishes, the focus will be on a diverse mix of genres and styles.

鈥淥ur season will reflect everyone is welcome,鈥� Montgomery said. 鈥淓verybody has something that they can come and enjoy.鈥�

Thomsen said he wants next season to have an ebb and flow, finding local theater can be the heartbeat of a community.

鈥淚t should be a reflection of who we are and what we want to be,鈥� Thomsen said.

The Adobe Theater ()

鈥淎nthropology鈥�: Jan. 16-Feb. 1 

鈥淪ocial Security鈥�: Feb. 27-March 22

鈥淥f Mice and Men鈥�: April 10-May 3

鈥淭he Great American Trailer Park Musical鈥�: May 29-June 21

鈥淭hese Shining Lives鈥�: July 17-Aug. 9

鈥淭he Crucible鈥�: Sept. 4-27

鈥淐lue鈥�: Oct. 16-Nov. 8

鈥淭he Man Who Came to Dinner鈥�: Dec. 4-20

sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Little Theatre ()

鈥淭he Children鈥檚 Hour鈥�: Jan. 30-Feb. 8

鈥淎nything Goes鈥�: March 6-22

鈥淐ompany鈥�: June 12-28

Musical Theatre Southwest () 

鈥淭he Prince of Egypt: The Musical鈥�: March 12-29

鈥淪pring Awakening鈥�: June 4-29

鈥淭he Light in the Piazza鈥�: July 24-Aug. 9

鈥淐ome From Away鈥�: Sept. 3-27

鈥淟es Mis茅rables鈥�: Dec. 3-20

Santa Fe Playhouse (

鈥淧OTUS (Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive)鈥�: March 19-April 12

鈥淎t the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen鈥�: May 7-31

鈥淐abaret鈥�: July 9-26

鈥淏ad Medicine鈥�: Aug. 6-30

鈥淐ompany鈥�: Nov. 19-Dec. 20

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe ()

鈥淭he Winter鈥檚 Tale鈥�: Jan. 23-Feb. 1

鈥淭he Tempest鈥�: June 5-15

鈥淭he Importance of Being Earnest鈥�: July 31-Aug. 9

The Vortex Theatre () 

鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥�: Jan. 9-Feb. 1

鈥淎n Enemy of the People鈥�: Feb. 14-March 8

鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of Virginia Woolf?鈥�: March 20-April 12

鈥淪ense and Sensibility鈥�: April 24-May 17

鈥淲aiting for Godot鈥�: May 29-June 21

鈥淏less Me, Ultima鈥�: July 10-26

鈥淭he Motherf**ker with the Hat鈥�: Sept. 11-Oct. 4

鈥淎ntigone鈥�: Oct. 16-Nov. 8

鈥淧icasso at the Lapin Agile:鈥� Nov. 27-Dec. 27