The Vortex Theatre

05/28/2026

Power, chaos, and one very complicated friendship. 🎩⛓️

Tim Crofton stars as Pozzo, alongside Jeremy Zenor as Lucky in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Lauren Albonico at the Vortex Theatre. Strange, theatrical, hilarious, and impossible to look away from, come experience the duo everyone will be talking about.

Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
directed by Lauren Albonico

May 29 – June 21

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05/27/2026

Meet Vladimir.
The thinker, the talker, the one still searching for meaning while waiting for something that may never come. Samuel Beckett’s absurd masterpiece returns to The Vortex for its 50th anniversary season.

Featuring Parker Owen as Vladimir
Directed by Lauren Albonico
Written by Samuel Beckett

May 29 – June 21, 2026

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05/26/2026

Our cast & crew are working hard to bring Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot back to life for y’all, directed by Lauren Albonico. The same production that helped start it all at the Vortex 50 years ago. Come support local artists, local theatre, and a story that’s been part of our history since the very beginning. 🎭

Featuring:
Jeff Dolecek as Estragon
Parker Owen as Vladimir
Tim Crofton as Pozzo
Jeremy Zenor as Lucky
Emiliano Aguilar as Boy

Tech week at the Vortex means the chaos is brewing beautifully. ✨

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05/25/2026

Mentally? Somewhere on the side of the road with Estragon.

Jeff Dolecek stars as Estragon in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, a man surviving on hope, confusion, and pure stubbornness.

Directed by Lauren Albonico at The Vortex Theatre.
May 29–June 21.

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05/23/2026

They’re waiting. You should probably pull up too.

Waiting for Godot opens next weekend at The Vortex, returning the theatre’s very first production to the stage for our 50th Anniversary Season. Come experience the absurd, hilarious, and iconic story that started it all.

By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Lauren Albonico

Featuring:
Jeff Dolecek as Estragon
Parker Owen as Vladimir
Tim Crofton as Pozzo
Jeremy Zenor as Lucky
Emiliano Aguilar as Boy

May 29 – June 21, 2026

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05/22/2026

50 years later, we’re returning to where it all began. ✨

Take a look at this feature from the Albuquerque Journal and get a glimpse into the story behind Waiting for Godot, the very first production ever staged at The Vortex Theatre. Now, in celebration of our 50th anniversary season, we’re bringing it back with a fresh new vision for a whole new generation.

Give the article a read, grab your tickets, and come celebrate this full-circle moment with us. 🎭

The Vortex opened in 1976 with Beckett's classic. Now, a fresh take promises the 'least nihilistic' version most audiences have ever seen.

05/20/2026

The show that started it all returns to The Vortex stage. 🎭✨

As part of our 50th Anniversary Season, we’re bringing back Waiting for Godot, the very first production ever performed at The Vortex Theatre, now reimagined with a bold new vision under the direction of Lauren Albonico.

Funny, strange, moving, and deeply human, Samuel Beckett’s legendary classic reminds us that sometimes the waiting is the point.

Featuring:
Jeff Dolecek as Estragon
Parker Owen as Vladimir
Tim Crofton as Pozzo
Jeremy Zenor as Lucky
Emiliano Aguilar as Boy

Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
May 29 – June 21, 2026

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