While others tell everyday stories, comedian Jared Ostrom brings a fresh, unconventional style that has made him a standout performer.

Royal Wood III has grown wiser in the Land of Comedy. Photo Credit: Rusty Rutherford. Ask Royal Wood III how to become a comedian, and don't expect a simple roadmap. After more than a decade of performing across New Mexico, hosting events, producing shows, and recently releasing his first comedy special, he's learned something many artists eventually discover: no two careers follow the same path.

Comedy brought Hannah Joy to New Mexico, but the community convinced her to stay.

Music has the power to bring people together. For Albuquerque-based reggae band Elovated Roots, unity isn't simply a byproduct of performing. It's the mission behind every song they write.

Stephen Conn on the set of "Better Call Saul." For many moviegoers, background performers blend into the scenery. They're the crowd in the stadium, the patrons in a restaurant, or the faces passing by on a busy city street. Rarely do audiences stop to think about the people who help create the worlds seen on screen. For New Mexico actor and writer Stephen Conn, however, background work has never been about standing in the background—it's been an opportunity to witness filmmak

This summer, the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival invites audiences to experience two of the Bard's most compelling works—Julius Caesar and The Winter's Tale—through fresh interpretations that prove great storytelling never goes out of style.

For almost twenty years, Ryedell Largo has brought more than choreography to the stage. Each performance by the Navajo and Mescalero Dance Group shares family history, cultural stories, healing traditions, and the duty to keep Indigenous heritage alive.

Some roles stay with an actor long after the curtain closes. For Jessica Osborne, Shirley Valentine is one of those roles. Now, ten years after first performing it for what would become the inception piece of West End Productions, Osborne is rediscovering the character through a completely different lens—one shaped by age, experience, confidence, and the realities of life that only time can bring.