2024-2025 SEASON
FALL 2024
Out of Order Festival
Out of Order is our yearly play-reading festival, including works written by, directed and featuring exclusively students. The theme was Dreams & Nightmares, taking the audience through a journey of the mind, from terror to triumph. This festival allows us to showcase the hard work & skills of our students, whether they’re novices or experts. One of the works featured becomes the premiering show in the Spring semester every year, allowing the playwright to have their work be fully produced.
SPRING 2025
You Are Alive, But Are You Living? directed by Kaycee Stine
You Are Alive, But Are You Living? written by Er Case follows Person, a soul transported into the void, where they are forced into a series of challenges revealing beasts of self-discovery and danger.
2023-2024 SEASON
FALL 2023
Eurydice directed by Emma Ziegler
Written by Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice depicts the old Greek Tragedy from Eurydice's perspective rather than Orpheus's. This sad tale shows Eurydice's turmoil between choosing the "life" she lives in the Underworld or the real life she could live with Orpheus. With magical storytelling along with a modern touch, the play captivates audiences old and new.
SPRING 2024
A Gathering of Souls directed by Lauren Taylor
A Gathering of Souls written by Michael Lente is a sci-fi fantasy about what happens after you die. By mixing Indigenous Storytelling along with otherworldly views, it shows audiences a new perspective of the afterlife. By taking inspirations from many cultures, this story is lighthearted while also having a deeper undertone as to expand our thinking of the value of life.
2022-2023 SEASON
FALL 2022
Seasons of La Llorona directed by Paul Esquibel
Seasons of La Llorona written by Rudolfo Anaya takes the well known legend and incorporates it with Mexican Folklore. The story follows a mother, Malinche, as she angers over the cheating of her husband, leaving her to take care of her two children alone. She struggles between her feelings of revenge and staying connected to her culture, as the God Moctezuma guides her throughout her journey.
SPRING 2023
Typewriter directed by Paul Esquibel
Typewriter written by Rachel Dodd follows the story of Finn, mourning the loss of his brother. He laments his troubles on a typewriter in his attic, where he spends most of his time. His family and friends try and help him work through his grief, but he is adamant he needs to work it out himself. Josie, his wife, tries to bring him back to reality while also staying connected with his family and friends so he doesn't loose them.
2021-2022 SEASON
SPRING 2022
The Jaw Comb Play directed by Paul Esquibel
The Jaw Comb Play written by Savannah/Xivanhnee Ramirez is a mystery about the characters Eliza, Beck, Alex, and Tristina who come across a odd trinket that will change their lives. This trinket ends up being the Jaw Comb which ends up determining whether the characters live or die. This challenges the characters to find the good and evil within each other, as well as finding out who will tell each other's stories once they're gone.
ABOUT SCRAP PRODUCTIONS
Welcome to SCRAP Productions. Our company has lasted for over 30 years, providing students new opprotunities to work in theater. We host meetings in B409 in Center of the Arts (Popejoy) at UNM. We also have workshops that happen on Fridays throughout the semester, featuring our Professors and Educators as well as Professionals from the Albuquerque area. We have office hours every day where students and visitors can come by to ask questions or chat.