Brujería, Blood, and Bright Defiance: Six Contemporary Plays from New Mexico

The first major anthology of New Mexican plays in more than three decades, this collection introduces a new generation of playwrights who are redefining whose stories belong on the American stage.

New Mexico’s theatrical traditions began long before Spanish colonization and have continued to evolve with the peoples and cultures of the region. In Brujería, Blood, and Bright Defiance, New Mexico dramaturg Leonard Madrid brings together seven plays by six New Mexican playwrights whose work help...