Of the many gems in Santa Fe’s cultural crown, one of the brightest is the Santa Fe Playhouse. Founded by writer and social activist Mary Austin (1868-1934), Santa Fe Playhouse was incorporated in 1922 and is going stronger than ever, over one hundred years later.
Whether you’ve been before or are a playhouse newbie, now is the perfect time to book tickets for two shows taking place this summer.
Upcoming Shows at the Santa Fe Playhouse Summer 2025
Something Rotten
July 10 – August 2, 2025, Thursdays & Fridays: 7:30pm; Saturdays: 2pm & 7:30pm
Alhambra Theater at the Scottish Rite Temple
Santa Fe Playhouse takes a stroll from its East De Vargas theatre home to tread the boards at the Scottish Rite Temple for this show, set in the 1590s. Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but find themselves overshadowed by the man, the myth, the legend that is “The Bard.” When a soothsayer divines that the future of theatre is all-singing, all-dancing drama, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s first musical. Equal parts scandal as well as excitement await their opening night as the Bottom Brothers realize that being at the top means being true to thine own self and all that jazz.
Lunar Rhapsody
July 26 at 2pm & 7:30pm and July 27th at 2pm
Santa Fe Playhouse is proud to be host to a new play development project by renowned playwright José Rivera. Rivera is the recipient of two Obie Awards for Marisol and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, both produced by the Public Theater. His screenplay The Motorcycle Diaries was nominated for 2005 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, making him the first Puerto Rican writer ever nominated for an Academy Award, as well as a BAFTA and Writers Guild Award and top screenwriting awards in Argentina and Spain. Lunar Rhapsody is a riveting play about a diverse group of strangers at a Brooklyn basketball court. When inter-dimensional beings take over during a lunar eclipse, they manipulate the crowd without knowing.
Story by Julia Platt Leonard
Photos Courtesy of Santa Fe Playhouse
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