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‘The House on Mango Street’ — The
UTEP Department of Theater & Dance opens
its season with the play adapted from the celebrated book by Sandra Cisneros through Oct.
2, at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Wise Family
Theatre. Directed by Amy Ludwig. Show time
is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $14 ($11 faculty/staff,
seniors, military, groups of 10 or more, alumni
and non-UTEP students, $9 for UTEP students.
Information: 747-5118, theatredance.utep.edu
or on Facebook.
Meet the vecinos of calle Mango through the
eyes of 12-year-old Esperanza. Her story tracks
the ups and downs everyone faces during times
of adolescence. Amy Ludwig adapted these
familiar vignettes of bike rides, high heels and
gente.
‘The Servant of Two Masters’ —
American Southwest Theatre Company opens
its season with Carlos Goldoni’s comedy
through Oct. 2, at NMSU’s Center for the
Arts. Translated and adapted by Jeffery Hatcher
and Paolo Emilio Landi. Directed by Wil Kilroy.
Performances are 7:30 p.m., Friday and
Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $5-$17.
Information: (575) 646-4515 or
nmsutheatre.com.
Chaos and hilarity ensue when Truffaldino
signs on to serve two masters to garner double
wages and double dinners.
‘Our Lady of the Tortilla’ — El Paso
Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents the comedy
by Luis Santeiro through Oct. 9. The volatile
Cruz family find their life upended when one
discovers the “face of the Holy Virgin” in a tortilla. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $11 ($9 seniors; $8
students and military). Information: 532-1317
or elpasoplayhouse.com.
October 2016
‘The Doctor in Wonderland’ — Kids-N-
‘The Fantasticks’ — El Paso Community
College Theater presents the musical by Tom
Jones and Harvey Schmidt Sept. 29-Oct. 9 at
Transmountain Forum Theater, 9570 Gateway
North, directed by Keith Townsend. Showtime
is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. Ages 7 and older admitted. Tickets:
$15 ($10 non-EPCC student/military with ID,
$7 EPCC students, faculty, staff, seniors with
ID). Available at the door, cash or check only.
Children under 6 not admitted. Information:
831-5056 or epcc.edu/theater.
Two neighboring fathers trick their children
into falling in love by pretending to feud. When
the two children become aware of the deception, they end the arranged match and separate. The rest of the story tells how the two
renew their vows with more maturity.
‘Belles: The Reunion’ — Las Cruces
Community Theatre, 313 N. Main in the Las
Cruces Downtown Mall, presents Mark Dunn’s
play, Sept. 30-Oct. 16. Directed by Gail
Wheeler. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $12
($11 student, senior, military, $9 children under
6; $10 per person for groups of 10 or more; $5
student rush tickets offered 15 before show
time. Information: (575) 523-1200 or
lcctnm.org.
Twenty-five years later, the six Walker sisters
from Memphis, Tenn., are all back on the
phone again for another crisis-filled weekend.
‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ — UTEP
Dinner Theatre in the UTEP Student Union
opens its 34th season Sept. 30-Oct. 16, with
the musical based on the 1994 movie. Two
drag queens and a transsexual, along with their
colorful bus named Priscilla, cross the
Australian outback. Show time is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, Sunday dinner
show is 1:30 p.m. Oct. 2; non-dinner shows are
2:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and 16. For mature audiences.
Tickets: $34.50 to $46.50 Friday and Saturday;
$31.50-$41.50 Wednesdays, Thursdays and
first Sunday; $17.50-$27.50 non-dinner matinees; 747-6060 or utep.edu/udt.
The movie, which won an Oscar for Costume
Design, became a cult classic and spawned the
musical version in 2006.
‘Agamemnon’ — No Strings Theatre
Company presents the Greek Tragedy by
Aeschylus, first performed in 458 B.C., translated by Robert Fagles, Oct. 7-23 at Black Box
Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, in Las
Cruces. Directed by Algernon D’Ammassa.
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Sundays Oct. 16 and 23;
and at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. Tickets: $15
($12 students and seniors over 65; $10 all seats
Thursday. Reservations: (575) 523-1223.
“Agamemnon”tells the story of the king’s
return home from the sack of Troy, and how
he is murdered by his wife in revenge for his
sacrifice of their daughter.
El Paso Scene
Co. presents gives Lewis Carroll’s classic a
“Doctor Who” touch Oct. 7-23 at First
Presbyterian Church, 1340 Murchison. Written
by Don Zoldis and directed by Raul Chavez.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $7
($5 children, students, senior citizens, military),
available at the door. Information: 274-8797 or
on Facebook at El Paso Kids-n-Co.
‘As Is ... 2 Painters and 2 Poets’ —
Painters Susan Amstater and Connie Dillman
join poets Dorothy Ann Leach and Jacquelyn
Stroud Spier in the season opener of El Paso
Community Foundation’s Jewel Box series at
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Philanthropy
Theatre. Tickets: $16 (Ticketmaster).
Information: 533-4020 or epcf.org.
The performance will include paintings and
poetry readings from their third and latest
book, “As Is.”
‘Clarence Darrow,” — No Strings Theatre
Company presents the play by David Rintels
directed by larrychandler and performed by PJ
Waggaman at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9,
in the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Main in the
Las Cruces Downtown Mall. Tickets: $12 ($10
students, seniors over 65). Reservations: (575)
523-1223.
The play is the story of this famous attorney
reminiscing over his long and renowned career
including the “Scopes Monkey” trial and the
sensational Leopold and Loeb case.
Waggaman has acted for more 30 years and
worked with Al Pacino in “Scarface,” John
Goodman in “The Babe,” and Helen Mirren in
“Love Ranch.”
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