The MISSION of the New Mexico Tech Performing Arts Series (NMTPAS) is to present excellent, innovative and engaging multicultural performances and events that strengthen and educate our vibrant and diverse community, cultivate collaboration, and contribute to the economic development of central New Mexico. 

For 2026-2027, NMTPAS is presenting a season of shows and special events live and in-person at Macey Center. Tickets are affordable: $22/Adult; $18/Senior, 65>; $8/Youth, 17<, with a 20% discount to subscribers, payroll deduction available to NMT employees and FREE to NMT Students (degree seeking, enrolled in 6 hours or more).

This year, we are presenting 6 Season Shows (ticketed) featuring music, theater, dance and family variety entertainment and 4 free Presidential Chamber & World Music Series concerts, offered as a gift to the community by NM Tech's President.

In the realm of Special Events, brand new this season is How to Fun 101, four hands-on arts events at Box Canyon Brewing Co., lead by PAS Director Dana Chavez. 

We continue with our mainstay Community Engagement and Arts Education events:  SocorroFest; National Dance Institute New Mexico In-School Residencies; Youth Concerts; Community Arts Party; 4^th of July Celebration; and Missoula Children's Theater Summer Residency; plus Art Receptions--Geeks & Freaks, Oct 30; Socorro County Women's Art, March 11; Venta de Navidad--Vendors & Yummy Eats for the Season.   

We collaborate with Socorro Community Theater (SCT) and NMT CLASS Department: Our opening season show, She Kills Monsters, is produced by SCT; plus their stand-alone Fall production Trip to the Moon, at Garcia Opera House; and NMT CLASS Department, in collaboration with SCT, produces the annual spring musical, this year, ANNIE.

NMTPAS partners with the City of Socorro and Socorro County School Districts--Socorro, Magdalena and Alamo-Navajo; and collaborates with a wide array of NM Tech, City and County organizations in support of quality of life on our campus and in our community.

Socorro is fortunate to have a beautiful and intimate theater and conference center, Macey Center, with its elegant lobby gallery and full range of conference and special event services supported by a top-notch professional staff.

NMTPAS is proud to be an integral part of New Mexico Tech, a high ranking science and engineering university, with a variety of nationally recognized research entities, including EMRTC, EarthScope, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology, PRRC, ICASA, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, plus a world-class Golf Course, Mineral Museum, Etscorn Observatory and an excellent Childcare Center.

Socorro County is a gem in Central New Mexico:  home to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Bosque del Apache and Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuges, San Miguel Church, the Hammel Museum run by the Socorro County Historical Society, Socorro Community Theater, Rodeo and Sports Arena & Convention Center; the Loma Theater; a wide variety of outdoor experiences including: the Quebradas Back Country Byway, Water Canyon, and San Lorenzo Canyon; a vibrant local music scene, which holds Open Mics every Thursday, rotating between the Capitol Bar & Brewery and Box Canyon Brewing Co., and a Zoom Open Mic on Wednesdays; Sunday Sessions featuring local bands the last Sunday of every month, and more (check out socorromusic.com  for a weekly schedule of music events around town); acclaimed visual artists and the Socorro County Arts Alamo Gallery; a variety of excellent restaurants for every palate; two breweries; and our Historic Plaza with its classic gazebo.  Historic Magdalena is just up Highway 60, with excellent artists, galleries, events, great scenery and an Old West feel.   

Socorro County has amazing annual events—4th of July Celebration, County Fair, San Miguel Fiestas, The Great NM Chile Tasteoff, Oktoberfest at the Hammel  Museum, SocorroFest, NM Tech’s 49ers Celebration, Festival of the Cranes, Luminaria Arts Crawl & Christmas Electric Light Parade, NM State Science Olympiad and Science Fair, Magdalena’s Frontier Days, and much more (check out Visit Socorro for a complete listing of what's happening).

Participating in arts and events is food for the soul. We appreciate your support of the arts!