From August 21 to 29, 2026, the 29th Jalisco State Theater Festival comes to Guadalajara with a program featuring incredible productions by local, national, and international theater companies at very affordable prices.
The program includes productions for teenagers, adults, girls, and boys, as well as guest performances and even free admission shows. Ticket sales will begin very soon.
Performances will take place at various theaters and performance venues throughout the city, such as the Alarife Martín Casillas Theater, the Art and Culture Forum, the Jalisco Experimental Theater, the Ágora at the Former Convent of Carmen, El Venero Theater, and NMOR Lab.
The best part: most performances cost just $30 pesos. Add this to your list of things to do in August.
Plays for just $30 pesos at the State Theater Festival
1. Machetes
Guest production by Diletantes Teatro en Movimiento, a company from Aguascalientes.
📅 August 21
⏰ 8:00 p.m.
📍 Foro de Arte y Cultura
🎟️ 30 pesos
2. Unlucky Friends
A production by Grupo de Teatro Dionisio, recommended for teenagers and adults ages 15 and older.
📅 August 22
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 Alarife Martín Casillas Theater
🎟️ 30 pesos
3. I’d Like to Be an Axolotl
The Teatro Vagabundo company presents this production for teenagers and adults.
📅 August 22
⏰ 8:00 p.m.
📍 Foro de Arte y Cultura
🎟️ 30 pesos
4. The Strange Case of Ana, the Snail Girl
One of the festival’s productions is aimed at children. It is presented by the Zapopan Theater Company.
📅 August 23
⏰ 1:00 p.m.
📍 Foro de Arte y Cultura
🎟️ 30 pesos
5. Vacuum Cleaner
This play from Argentina is one of the festival’s international guest productions and is intended exclusively for adults.
📅 August 23
⏰ 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
📍 NMOR Lab
🎟️ 30 pesos
6. Cuplé Nights, a risqué cabaret
A production by La Ilustre Compañía de La Gata that brings risqué cabaret to this year’s lineup.
📅 August 23
⏰ 7:00 p.m.
📍 Alarife Martín Casillas Theater
🎟️ 30 pesos
7. White Sunset
A production by La Nada Teatro with free admission.
📅 August 24
⏰ 8:00 p.m.
📍 Ágora del Ex Convento del Carmen
🎟️ Free admission
8. Disconnection
El Venero Independent Theater Collective presents this play for teenagers and adults.
📅 August 24
⏰ 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
📍 El Venero Teatro
🎟️ 30 pesos
9. Kiwi
The company Musgo y ruina: creación escénica presents this production for general audiences ages 11 and up.
📅 August 25
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 Jalisco Experimental Theater
🎟️ 30 pesos
10. Mausoleum
A production by Sociedad de Artistas Vivxs, recommended for teenagers and adults ages 14 and older.
📅 August 25
⏰ 8:00 p.m.
📍 Foro de Arte y Cultura
🎟️ 30 pesos
12. Happy birthday, sister!
The production by Colectivo Abismo is recommended for teenagers and adults ages 16 and older.
📅 August 26
⏰ 8:00 p.m.
📍 Teatro Experimental de Jalisco
🎟️ 30 pesos
13. Before Seven: The Gravity of Chance
The Colectivo Transeúnte presents this play for teenagers and adults ages 15 and older.
📅 August 26
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 María Teresa Theater
🎟️ 30 pesos
14. Fall
La Ladrona, CÍA. presents this play with free admission for two performances.
📅 August 26 and 27
⏰ 8:30 p.m.
📍 La Ladrona Emulsiónante Creativa
🎟️ Free admission
15. The Architecture of Desire
This play is part of the “Documentary Theater by Women” series.
📅 August 27
⏰ 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
📍 Teatro Experimental de Jalisco
🎟️ 30 pesos
16. Christmas Lights in July
The Yaakun Teatro company, based at ETI-Lagos de Moreno, presents this play for teenagers and adults.
📅 August 28
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 Alarife Martín Casillas Theater
🎟️ 30 pesos
17. Strange Things from LEGOM
A production by Concertante Producciones for teenagers and adults.
📅 August 28
⏰ 8:00 p.m.
📍 Foro de Arte y Cultura
🎟️ 30 pesos
18. The Empress’s New Outfit (in the Age of TikTok)
Produced by the Ministry of Culture, aimed at the general public and families.
📅 August 29
⏰ 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
📍 Alarife Martín Casillas Theater
🎟️ 30 pesos
19. Elpidio and Alicia
A production by Escena Imprudente with free admission.
📅 August 29
⏰ 4:00 p.m.
📍 Ágora del Ex Convento del Carmen
🎟️ Free admission
20. Legatus and Dimittas
The festival will come to a close with this production by Colectivo Pies Hinchados, which will also serve as the closing performance.
📅 August 29
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 Foro de Arte y Cultura
🎟️ 30 pesos
