WHAT: 14th Annual A Musical Piñata for Christmas community celebration
WHEN: December 11-20, 2026 Fridays at 7:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe
TICKETS: $15 adults; $5 children under 18
Online Tickets: https://teatroparaguasnm.org
Reservations (purchase tickets at door): 505-424-1601
Teatro Paraguas is pleased to present its 14th annual community celebration A Musical Piñata
for Christmas. The Teatro Paraguas Orchestra, accompanied by strolling singers, will play
traditional New Mexican and Mexican carols, as well as original festive music.
Compania Chuscales y Mina Fajardo provide mesmerizing flamenco music and dance, and
Ballet Folclórico Xochitl, led by Xochitl Ehrl, take the stage with joyous dances from Mexico.
Winter holiday poetry read by actors and a few skits, including one by the Teatro Paraguas
Teen Ensemble, pepper this family-friendly program.. A few characters from the Fiesta
Melodrama might appear onstage, and there will be plenty of biscochitos and hot chocolate for
everyone. And of course, Santa Clos will appear to help all the kids in the audience bring down
the Piñata at the end of the show.
Anchoring the performance is a short play by JoJo Sena Tarnoff and friends entitled
The Curandera's Apprentice. In this free-wheeling Spanglish one-act, Donna Valentina, the
village curandera, is called to help extricate Señor Martinez's goat which is stuck half-frozen
under the acequia bridge. She leaves her apprentice Maria to sweep and clean the workshop.
Enter El Diablo and his Scruffy Cat, who, along with La Bruja, whisper dark but tantalizing ideas
into her head. Soon chaos ensues, and everyone ends up wet and shivering but joyous at la
Misa de Gallo.
Performances run Friday December 11 and 18 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday December 12 and 19 at
2:00 p.m., and Sunday December 13 and 20 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for
children under 18, and may be purchased online at https://teatroparaguasnm.org. Reservations
may be made at 505-424-1601 for purchasing tickets at the door. No one is turned away for
lack of funds.
This project is made possible in part by the National Latinx Theatre Initiative, New Mexico Arts
(a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs), and Santa Fe Arts and Culture.