Borderlands Theater strives to build equitable, joyful, and meaningful collaborations with the local community through innovative theater and responsive cultural programs ingrained in the heritage, narratives, and lived experiences of peoples rooted across the Sonoran Desert.
Borderlands Theater’s 40th Season
Making, Breaking, and Celebrating Tradition
For forty years, Borderlands Theater has uplifted the stories, artists, and communities of the US-Mexico borderlands. Join us as we celebrate our history and look toward the next forty years.
Coming Up:
Barrio Stories
November 12–15, 2026
Tucson Convention Center – Alva B. Torres Plaza
Experience a theatrical adventure park with plays, music, activities, exhibits, panels, and more.
For ten years, Borderlands Theater’s Barrio Stories has brought the histories, memories, and lived experiences of Tucson’s oldest barrios to life through professional theater rooted in community.
Admission fee is a suggested donation of $25.
A Fun Historical Experience for Students
As a part of Barrio Stories, we offer study guides and unique field trip experiences for elementary school through high school students. For class field trips, the admission for the students, chaperones, and teachers are free and you are allowed to come and go as you please during the festival.
For more information on the study guide, or to sign up for a field trip, please click the specific link below.
