El Campo Santo

Season 3 Finale

Written and Performed by Leonard Madrid

Reyes travels to Saint Vrain to meet with the secret saint who lives in the middle of a field.

The author of the letter feels pressure by increasing tempertures and a failing swamp cooler to get out of town. The town temporarily alleviates her illness but creeping remnants of the city compel them further up the mountain where they find a creature who disappears to an unknown place.

Reyes discovers a letter written by Molly to her sister Catherine. After moving to New Mexico Territory in hopes of improving her husband's health, Molly is almost swept away when meek 7 rivers is flooded with blood. She fears it's a bad omen.

Written by Caroline Toby Graham

Performed by Andee Schray and Leonard Madrid

Edited by Andee Schray

While reflecting on the past and considering the future, the narrator stumples back in time to 1920s speakeasy to gain clarity.

Written by JD Otsuka

Performed by Barney Lopez and Steven Blacksmith

Edited by 

Jonathan writes to Jasper's mother about how they came together and Jasper's passing.

Written by Jay Muskett

Performed by Sheldon Blackhorse

Edited by Steven Blacksmith

This letter is written from the persepective of one who traveled in the mountains and lands in a town where time and space seem to be stuck in some kinda loop (or something weird is happening). Although her intoxicated state makes her wonder if it's all really happended or not.

Written by Andee Schray

Performed by Hailey Tolleson

Edited by Andee Schray

Captain Ignacio Cervantes steps down after feeling guilty about killing a kind man who helped bring a baby into his and his wife's life.

Written by Stephen Armijo

Performed by Leonard Madrid

Edited by Steven Blacksmith

Tensions grow, when Wrenona welcomes in the new neighbor and her hospitality isn't reciprocated...or even noticed.

Written by Hailey Tolleson

Performed by Caroline Toby Graham

Edited by Andee Schray

Gracie is tasked with photographing properties for  her job. Soon after she takes the photos, the buildings burn down. Determined to get to the bottom of it, she stakes out an abandoned building, where she finds the camera allows her to see the creatures causing all these fires.

Written by Barney Lopez

Performed by Hailey Tolleson

Edited by Steven Blacksmith

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Hannah trips and stumbles on a secret hidden map. With the help of the ghost of an outlaw, she's able to find his treasure.

Written by Marya Errin Jones

Performed by Caroline Graham, Hailey Tolleson, JD Otsuka, and Leonard Madrid

Directed by Leonard Madrid

Mila writes her Uncle Alejandro about the forest that continues to take over his old family home through thought. The one that eventually pulls her in.

Written and performed by Leonard and Julienne Madrid.

Dustsorms give Dalin glimpses of a city far away. And a woman he calls Julia. This is his loveletter.

Written and Directed by Leonard Madrid

Performed by Liam Hoch

Plans change when the texter finds themself alone on a silent retreat that was meant for them and their ex. Reality distorts as they process the breakup.

Written by Amy Yourd

Directed by JD Otsuka

Performed by Caroline Toby Graham

If you don't look,

Right when you're crossing the river,

You'll find a bridge,

that crosses the Rio Grande

Written and Performed by Leonard Madrid

Join us for season three where we explore hidden places. 

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A birthday card in the mail reminds Reyes of the ghosts in his house. 

Season 2 Finale!

A colonizing monk comes face to face with God but not his own once he's lost in the desert.

Written by Jay Muskett

Performed by Sheldon Blackhorse and Trini King. 

Various accounts of a dust storm entity that collects people

Las Tres Hermanas (the three sisters) who were born from an earthquake and rest as volcanoes. Three heroines who brought peace through a sisterly love.

Written by Lila Martinez

A man returns to the bridge where he saw a ghost as boy, only this time he gets the man's story and tries to right the wrong that was made against him

A woman is trapped in mural and her escape is based on being able to capture her friend in the same lizard painting.  

The Deming Duck Race winner has a secret. 

A man visits white sands only to discover it's a sea of souls.

Written by Andee Schray.

A love letter written at the end of the world from the center of the earth.

Written by Lila Martinez.

A groundkeeper outside of Quemado sees a ghost try to manifest through lightening. 

A group of friends are haunted by a Man, a House, and a ritual as they each go thier seperate paths until one of them is forced to confront his future

Written by: Theodore Hamblin

                 Caroline Graham

                 Liam Hoch

                Leonard Madrid

Graveyard Grounds keep creates a complex plan to prevent a disorderly crowd of spirits on the busiest day of the week, Dia de Los Muertos.

Written by: Lila Martinez

         Andee Schray

         Barney Lopez

         Caroline Graham

A young hiker in Gallup loses their footing and discover a child's cemetery.

Written by Lila Martinez and Fred Mete. 

A house in Los Lunas, New Mexico has never been right. 

A young woman who lives across the street from an infamous house finds a rose on her doorstep. 

Written by Hailey Tolleson

You don't have to die to leave a ghost.  A young woman learns the story of a soldier near Portales, NM. 

A hot air balloon crashes on Wheeler Peak. The pilot sees things that shouldn't be there. 

The mail has stopped.  Reyes considers the nature of hauntings. 

Season 2 of El Campos Santo is all about Hauntings. 

Again, we work with exciting regional writers and actors to explore New Mexico's supernatural stories and expanded legends. 

Along the Mesa of Albuquerque, lie the secrets. 

Sometimes those secrets come back to life and hunt us. 

This play explores the monsters we create and those we become. 

In collaboration with the Theatre and Digital Media Department of ENMU.

Intermission soundscape by Avi Amon.

Made possible with grants from NMArts and The City of Albuquerque.

Beatriz moves into her new house in Barelas, NM. 

Written by Leonard Madrid

Performed by Lila Martinez

We are a production of Blackout Theatre Company Made possible with  generous grants from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

A college professor explores the countryside of eastern New Mexico and discovers The Buffalo

Written by Jon Barr

Performed by Fred Mete

We are a production of Blackout Theatre Company Made possible with  generous grants from the City of Albuquerque’s Cultural Affairs and New Mexico Arts

If you are interested in learning more about Blackout theatre company, check out our website at blackouttheatre.com

A recent immigrant moves to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He brings his hopes and his saints with him from his homeland.

This episode was written by Katy Andersen

Performed by-

Alejandro Naranjo

Caroline Toby Graham

Ericka Olvera

We are a production of Blackout Theatre Company Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

Reyes explores his mother's Santo shop in Barelas, NM

Written and Performed by Leonard Madrid

We are a production of Blackout Theatre Company Made possible with  generous grants from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

The magic of Las Vegas, New Mexico heals a young man and speak through him through a dog named Mescal.

Written by Liam Hoch

Performed by Kainon Bachtel

We are a production of Blackout Theatre Company Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

The Bosque around that runs along the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque, New Mexico hides many mysteries.  Reyes finally takes some time to visit one of them. His father. 

production of Blackout Theatre Company of Albuquerque

Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

A father loves his daughter. He encounters Winter herself. 

Written by Leonard Madrid

Performed by Liam Hoch

A production of Blackout Theatre Company of Albuquerque

Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

What lies just under the earth in Los Volcanes near Albuquerque?

Written and Performed by Steven Blacksmith

We are a production of Blackout Theatre Company Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

Sometimes it Snows, A one-act play by Barney Lopez

Coyote stalks the streets of Los Lunas, New Mexico.   Is he there to hunt or to help?  

Cast-

Silas- Gus Tafoya

Coyote- Gavin Barrera

Ida- Caroline Graham

Victor- Steven Blacksmith

Sarita- Hailey Tolleson

Narrator- Stephen Armijo

A traditional song often played around Magdalena, New Mexico to warn people to stay away from the Ghost Steer.

Song written and performed by Barney Lopez

The streets of Mesilla, New Mexico have been safe for forty years, but he's back. 

A one-act play written by Leonard Madrid

Performed by Theatre 3 of Albuquerque

In the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico a young girl scout encounters a mad man who is out to kill a god of wine.

Written by Gus Tafoya

Performed by:

Hailey Tolleson

Gavin Barrera

Made possible with  generous grants from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

The Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico is one of the most beautiful natural features of the state, but it holds a secret.

Written by Caroline Toby Graham

Performed by Ericka Olvera

A production of Blackout Theatre Company of Albuquerque

Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts

Pride dries up the rains in Rainsville, NM. It keeps a mother and daughter apart.  A god intervenes in dreams.

Written by Gus Tafoya

Performed by:

Caroline Toby Graham

Ericka Olvera

A production of Blackout Theatre Company of Albuquerque

Made possible with  generous grant from the City of Albuquerque’s cultural affairs and New Mexico Arts