High Desert Playback

High Desert Playback New Mexico's first professional playback theater company. Making theater for social change.

This Pride Season, we can't just put out the 🌈 rainbows, ✨️ glitter, and 🕺🏾disco balls without leaving adequate room for...
05/17/2026

This Pride Season, we can't just put out the 🌈 rainbows,
✨️ glitter, and
🕺🏾disco balls
without leaving adequate room for rage, grief, and protest ✊🏾

By producing this “bash,” we aren't calling for violence. We are calling on folx to tell the truth. About how you're doing, what you have experienced, and what you need to make it through.

🤬 Fascists hate this.
🤬 They hate when we gather. They hate when we connect.
🤬 They hate when we care.
🤬🤬🤬 They especially hate the truth.

And now, we must do a whole bunch of sh that fascists hate. So, let's do it together.

Bash The Fash
The 3rd Annual Playback Theatre Celebration of Q***r + Trans Pride
🗓️Sunday May 31, 2026
⏰2:00-3:30PM
📍Warehouse 505, 202 Central Ave, SE, ABQ


No script. No filter. Just you.....and your badass stories.Bash The FashThe 3rd Annual Playback Theatre Celebration of Q...
05/08/2026

No script.
No filter.
Just you.....and your badass stories.

Bash The Fash
The 3rd Annual Playback Theatre Celebration of Q***r + Trans Pride
🗓️Sunday May 31, 2026
⏰2:00-3:30PM
📍Warehouse 505, 202 Central Ave, SE, ABQ

You belong here.You were meant to be on this 🌍, at this moment in history, being exactly who you are.It doesn't always f...
05/05/2026

You belong here.

You were meant to be on this 🌍, at this moment in history, being exactly who you are.
It doesn't always feel like that, we know.
But, it doesn't mean it ain't true.

Thank you for being here and for having the courage to share your story.
We can't wait to hear it.

💚 Mitigating Mental Health for Q***rs & Allies
🗓️ Thursday May 7
⏰ 5-8PM
📍 CNM Main Campus Smith Brasher Hall



Breaking The Silence New Mexico
CNM Central New Mexico Community College
HEAL plus NM: Health Equity Alliance for LGBTQ New Mexicans
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
Glisten
New Mexico Health Care Authority

05/01/2026

There are quiet and sweet ways to gather.
This is not one of them.

Playback Theatre asks us to step up and tell the truth about our lives…in front of other folx.
No scripts.
No polish.
No filter.

🧷 😜 Playback Theatre is punk as hell.

On May 31, we’re not just celebrating Pride. We’re screaming “We’re Here. We’re Q***r. And we won’t disappear.” 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Bash The Fash
The 3rd Annual Playback Theatre Celebration of Q***r + Trans Pride
🗓️Sunday May 31, 2026
⏰2:00-3:30PM
📍Warehouse 505, 202 Central Ave, SE, ABQ

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We all have hard days.Some are harder than others.Some are easier to bounce back from.Some feel like they will never end...
04/28/2026

We all have hard days.
Some are harder than others.
Some are easier to bounce back from.
Some feel like they will never end.

No matter what your hard days look like, you are not alone.

Tell us all about it at
💚 Mitigating Mental Health for Q***rs & Allies
🗓️ Thursday May 7
⏰ 5-8PM
📍 CNM Main Campus Smith Brasher Hall



Breaking The Silence New Mexico
CNM Central New Mexico Community College
HEAL plus NM: Health Equity Alliance for LGBTQ New Mexicans
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
Glisten
New Mexico Health Care Authority

We're so friggin proud of these two.Tatiana Isabel Gil and Danielle Simone aren't just brilliant playbackers.They are ...
04/23/2026

We're so friggin proud of these two.

Tatiana Isabel Gil and Danielle Simone aren't just brilliant playbackers.

They are also leaders of .worlds.incubator, working to bring new plays by ***r playwrights into the world.

Their latest project is a brand new piece by Ocelotl Mora .vida.trans called "En Vida: Les TransCestors" and it's happening THIS WEEKEND in Albuquerque.

We'll be there Saturday night. Come hang with us and support this new work.

Get the link in the New Worlds Incubator bio.

We refused to be silenced. We’re ready to be heard.📺 This Saturday, we’re going live with HDP TV—amplifying the stories ...
03/17/2026

We refused to be silenced.
We’re ready to be heard.

📺 This Saturday, we’re going live with HDP TV—amplifying the stories of folx like us for the whole world to see.

Because when folx like us tell our stories, we get free.
🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

🔗Link in bio

03/12/2026

You have a story to tell.
That story someone told you doesn't matter.
That story that’s been ignored, silenced, mocked, caged, erased.
It’s time you tell that story.
It’s time for you to be heard.

📢High Desert Playback presents…
HDP TV

Coming to you live from on the historic Route 66 in Albuquerque, NM, we are mobilizing, amplifying, and celebrating the stories of folx like us through the art of Playback Theatre.

Because, when folx like us tell our stories, we get free. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

📺Tune into the LIVE stream
Saturday, March 21 at 11AM MST
🔗Link in bio

➡️Share this with someone you love who needs to be heard.

Big thanks to everyone involved in last week’s *Two North Valleys* event 👏🏼👏🏾👏🏿…especially… 🏙️Our incredible partners — ...
03/04/2026

Big thanks to everyone involved in last week’s *Two North Valleys* event 👏🏼👏🏾👏🏿

…especially…

🏙️Our incredible partners — the Long Range Planning Team with The City of Albuquerque () for believing in the power of arts-based civic engagement to make sure all voices are heard

🕎The staff, membership, and volunteers of Nahalat Shalom

🏆Range Cafe () for donating a $100 gift certificate for our giveaway prize

🌯Three Sisters Kitchen () for feeding our souls and bellies

📷Tara Armijo-Prewitt () for your gorgeous images
AND…

🥰Vicki Dello Joio () for joining us from Oakland to playback our neighbors' stories with such grace, love, and care (plus thanks for sharing her!)

Turns out, we're doing a thing.📺 HDP TV premieres March 21. Stay tuned 🫣👀😻
03/02/2026

Turns out, we're doing a thing.

📺 HDP TV premieres March 21.

Stay tuned 🫣👀😻

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