Rio Grande Theatre

11/18/2025

Flamenco Fandanguero: Primos de la Raza Cósmica takes the stage at the Rio Grande Theatre on Sunday, November 23!
Presented by Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company, the United States’ premier professional flamenco ensemble.

🕒 Doors open: 3 PM
🎭 Show starts: 4 PM
🎟 Admission: $15 Balcony | $20 Main Floor
🍿 Concessions served: snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company is the United States' premier professional flamenco ensemble, celebrated for pioneering flamenco as a vital American art form. Operating with a unique repertory model, Yjastros meticulously preserves the technical mastery and emotional intensity (duende) of traditional Spanish flamenco, while continually commissioning and presenting innovative new works. Led by Artistic Director Joaquín Encinias, the company features world-class dancers and musicians who deliver powerful and captivating performances that honor flamenco’s global legacy and define its future on the American stage.

✨ Support flamenco arts in New Mexico — check out National Institute of Flamenco for more inspiration!

🎟 Get your tickets now: www.RioGrandeTheatre.org

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10/28/2025

🧛‍♂️ The Lost Boys Shadow Cast will be at the Rio Grande Theatre — a night of rock and roll, vampires, and pure 1980s chaos!

The Lost Boys Shadow Cast brings the 1987 cult classic to life with a high-energy, interactive performance that blurs the line between film and live theater. This isn't just a movie screening — the cast performs every scene live in front of the screen, acting out the most iconic moments with passion, glitter, and maybe a little fake blood.

🎟️ Admission: $15
🚪 Doors open: 6 pm
🎤 Preshow: 7 pm
🎬 Screening: 8 pm
🍿 Concessions served — snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

📅 Showtimes:
• Friday, Nov. 14 | 7–11 pm
• Saturday, Nov. 15 | 7–11 pm

Bring your best leather jackets, big hair, and be prepared to shout along and sing your heart out!

Don’t miss your chance to experience this cult classic like never before.

Presented by Blank Conversations Theatre Company

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10/22/2025

🎭 The Rio Grande Theatre invites you to an unforgettable performance of “A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney” by Lucas Hnath, presented by GDS Productions.

Step into the final, unscripted days of Walt Disney as he attempts to write his own ending. In this stunningly original play, Walt gathers his closest confidants for a public reading of a screenplay he’s written—one that grapples with his final moments and his desperate fight to control his legacy.

📅 Showtimes:
• Friday, Oct. 31 | 7–11 pm
• Saturday, Nov. 1 | 7–11 pm
• Sunday, Nov. 2 | 2–5 pm

🎟️ Admission: $15
🚪 Doors open: 6 p.m.
🍿 Concessions served – snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

Don’t miss an evening of theater unlike anything you’ve seen before!

Get your tickets at RioGrandeTheatre.org!

Live music, films, special performances, concerts, performing arts and more! Discover the rich history of this one-of-a-kind theatre.

10/07/2025

✨ It’s almost time— The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast is BACK at the Rio Grande Theatre!

This weekend only, Blank Conversations Theatre Company and the Las Cruces Shadow Cast will bring the cult-classic to life with a full shadowcast performance alongside the big screen.

📅 Show Dates:
- Friday, October 10
- Saturday, October 11

🎟 Tickets: $15 (includes Prop Bag)
📍 Rio Grande Theatre
🕕 Event Schedule:
Doors Open: 6:00 p.m.
Pre-Show: 7:00 p.m.
Screening: 8:00 p.m.

🍿 Concessions will be available, including snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits — perfect for a night out with friends!

🎉 Grab your tickets NOW at RioGrandeTheatre.org and join us this weekend for a night you’ll never forget. Let’s do the Time Warp again!

09/25/2025

🎭 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast is BACK at the Rio Grande Theatre!

Join us for an unforgettable night of outrageous fun, cult-classic vibes, and interactive entertainment like no other. The Las Cruces Shadow Cast, presented by Blank Conversations Theatre Company, will bring the film’s most iconic characters and scenes to life — live and in sync with the big screen!

📅 Show Dates:
- Friday, October 10
- Saturday, October 11

📍 Location: Rio Grande Theatre
🎟 Admission: $15 (includes a Prop Bag!)
🕕 Schedule:

Doors Open: 6:00 p.m.
Pre-Show Entertainment: 7:00 p.m.
Screening: 8:00 p.m.

🍿 Concessions Available! Snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits will be served.

Whether you’re a longtime fan or a first-time “Time Warper,” this event is one you don’t want to miss. Come dressed up, bring your friends, and get ready to shout, sing, and dance along with the ultimate interactive movie experience.

👉 Tickets are available at RioGrandeTheatre.org

09/03/2025

🎭 Coming Soon to the Rio Grande Theatre! 🎭

Blank Conversations Theatre Company presents Lend Me A Soprano — a laugh-out-loud farce of mistaken identities, operatic chaos, and one unforgettable night in 1934.

📅 Show Dates:

Sept. 12 | 7–10 pm

Sept. 13 | 7–10 pm

Sept. 14 | 2–5 pm

Sept. 19 | 7–10 pm

Sept. 20 | 7–10 pm

Sept. 21 | 2–5 pm

🎟️ $20 General Admission
🚪 Doors open 6:30 pm
🍿 Concessions available – snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

Get your tickets at RioGrandeTheatre.org

07/28/2025

🎭 Footloose Youth Edition, a production by A Children's Theatre of the Mesilla Valley, Inc, is coming to the Rio Grande Theatre August 15–17!

Follow Ren McCormack and the teens of Bomont as they challenge a town where dancing is banned. This lively youth production features classic songs and dynamic dance numbers — great for audiences of all ages.

Showtimes:
• Friday, August 15 | 7:00 PM
• Saturday, August 16 | 7:00 PM
• Sunday, August 17 | 2:00 PM

🎟️ Admission: $12
🕒 Doors open one hour before each show
🍿 Concessions available including snacks, drinks, beer, wine, and spirits

📍 Rio Grande Theatre | 211 N. Main Street, Las Cruces, NM

Get your tickets now at RioGrandeTheatre.org

07/09/2025

🐇✨ Fall down the rabbit hole with us! ✨🐇

Audition sign-ups for Alice by Heart are now open! Join us for this stunning, imaginative coming-of-age musical set in wartime London.

All audition details are available on our website at the link in our bio!

07/09/2025

🎭 AUDITIONS: LEND ME A SOPRANO 🎭

Blank Conversations is bringing the farcical comedy by Ken Ludwig to the Rio Grande Theatre!
🗓️ Sun, July 13 | 5 – 7:30pm
📍 Rio Grande Theatre (211 N. Main Street, downtown Las Cruces)
Directed by Michael Wise
🔗 Full details at blankconversations.org/soprano