

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: High Desert New Play Development Festival 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: 20th anniversary of a festival of new works!
-Full-length readings of plays by nationally recognized playwrights in residence at NMSU.
-Excerpts and monologues by students and other Las Cruces writers
-A celebration of theater of and for this moment.

TICKETS
$10 only! One general admission ticket will give access to all presentations during the entire festival.
https://nmsutheatre.ludus.com/select.php
or call 575-646-4515

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Friday, 3/6
7pm A LITTLE BROWN GIRL CROSSES A SILLY LITTLE LINE by Alexis Elisa Macedo

Saturday, 3/7
3:00-4:15pm  Excerpt Readings
4:30-5:30pm  Excerpt Readings
5:30-7:00pm  Dinner Break with Food Trucks on Campus
7pm A RIVER, ITS MOUTHS by Jesus I. Valles

Sunday, 3/8
1:30pm       Celebration of Bill Storm
2:00-3:15pm  Middle School Shorts
3:30-4:30pm  Monologues
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/las-cruces/high-desert-new-play-development-festival/200029665444355
- **Event Categories**: festivals, art, food-drinks, literary-art, theatre, food-truck-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029665444355?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=las+cruces-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Las Cruces
- **state**: NM
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1000 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003
- **lat**: 32.28386
- **long**: -106.756
- **full address**: 1000 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: NMSU Theatre Arts/American Southwest Theatre Company (https://allevents.in/org/nmsu-theatre-arts-american-southwest-theatre-company/23969355)

## Event gallery

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=High+Desert+New+Play+Development+Festival+&date=06+Mar

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1000 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** NMSU Theatre Arts/American Southwest Theatre Company
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, art, food-drinks, literary-art, theatre, food-truck-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about High Desert New Play Development Festival  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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