Mexico City Theater Guide: 20 Incredible Plays You Can’t Miss This Month

This production, written by actress Emma Malacara, will transform a funeral into the epicenter for understanding the many facets of fatherhood through a personal story.

It will be a rag doll that helps reconstruct memories and emotional bonds, as well as untangle the knot between lies and the truth.

There are anecdotes, memories, and emotions that are only shared (and understood) between siblings. This play, produced by the theater company Los tristes tigres, tells the story of Tania and Beto, two siblings who come home and realize their father has disappeared.

Dad’s search opens a box of memories and feelings that will ultimately change the characters’ worldview and the way they understand their own family.

Have you heard legends about ghosts haunting the theaters of Mexico City? Well, that’s exactly the central theme of this story.

Horror master Rafael Perrín is the undisputed guarantee behind this title, in which you’ll eventually lose track of what’s real and what’s fiction.

Joining maestro Perrín on stage are: Ruy Senderos, Emmanuel Okaury, Alessandra Goñi, Ernesto Godoy, Miranda Norman, Ricardo Morel, Damián Martínez, and César Perrín.

The new season brings together a splendid cast featuring Alejandrina H. González, Verónica Langer, Natalia Plascencia, Rodrigo Olguín, Antonio Vega, and Víctor Loorns—actors who bring to life a story full of secrets and anxieties.

Three brothers and their wives are set to get together for dinner, but that won’t happen, as a series of complaints will erupt.

Susana, Guillermo, Pablo, and Thais are a group of friends who met in college and have changed a lot—and I mean a lot—over the years.

After embarking on a trip together, they’ll discover certain quirks and secrets that will put their friendship to the test and leave you wondering: do you really know your friends?

Actor Carlos Ordoñez performs this extraordinary monologue set in the streets of Mexico City’s Historic Center; the lead actor will wander through them as he tries to escape a wound that remains open and memories that won’t leave him in peace.

This production was nominated for the Metropolitan Theater Awards in 2024, so it’s a surefire hit.

A group of friends is involved in an accident on a roller coaster at an amusement park. After a dramatic moment, the teenagers find themselves suspended between life and death; one of them will be able to return to life, but they’ll have to face various challenges to earn that second chance.

This musical is a guaranteed hit—and it received eleven nominations for the 2026 ACPT Awards.

October is the perfect time to see this play, where you’ll explore the mysticism of Mictlán right from your seat.

The stage gives way to the parallel stories of Ixchel and Ágata, two women who will face the levels of Mictlán, accepting that forgiveness and memory are part of their new reality in death.

This is an immersive experience that blends live music, multimedia projections, and dance.

Don’t say his name three times! This Broadway show is returning to our city for a short run in October.

It’s a theatrical adaptation packed with choreography, humor, and a world-class production that will leave you speechless. If you love mystery and ghost stories, you need to plan your next visit.

If you like stories about gangsters, Ui did it is sure to be the next play on your calendar.

Directed by Nohemí Espinosa, this production will take you back to the 1930s to discover the story of a mobster from… Cauliflower!? Yes, and he’ll do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

“When I was 17, I killed my sister.” That’s how this unsettling production starring the always brilliant Daniel Giménez Cacho begins.

Written by playwright Adam Rapp, this story explores the healing journey of a man who committed manslaughter in his youth—an event that shaped his life.

It’s an extremely intimate monologue in which the actor takes his audience on a journey through a story of grief, guilt, and male vulnerability.

To create an even more intimate atmosphere, the theater’s capacity has been reduced to 450 attendees. Don’t miss it!

The disappearance of her daughter and the release of the person responsible push Catalina to her limits. Justice has failed her once again. She and three friends analyze the situation on a night filled with a desire for revenge, helplessness, pain, and loss.

The protagonists’ catharsis is shared by the audience, in an atmosphere of tension. Invariably, issues such as impunity and the search for justice in the times the country is currently facing raise many questions.

For the play’s director, Bruno Bichir, the story prompts a reflection “on what we’ve built as a society and how to tear it down to build something new and better.”

These three women don’t know each other, but they were all victims of the same scam.

Now, María, Sofía, and Julieta are going to take hilarious revenge on the company that turned their stories into marketing campaigns to make itself look very feminist… Does that sound familiar?

This farce, full of uncomfortable questions, portrays some of the most common workplace injustices faced by women. And it does so in a way that makes it impossible not to laugh—while still feeling outraged.

The disappearance of local businesses due to gentrification isn’t funny at all. However, this play will have you laughing out loud.

Along with a whole lot of problems, Claudia and Rodrigo inherited the family bakery after their mother’s death.

So this duo will have to pull out all the stops if they want to save the corner bakery, caught in the middle of a fierce battle between traditional conchas and $150 “croissant roulette.”

The female protagonist’s lineage seems to be cursed with a curse passed down from generation to generation: turning into chickens upon turning 30.

According to family legend, it is his fate to undergo this metamorphosis and then die among feathers.

Remembering that her mother managed to avoid this cruel fate by plucking her own feathers, our heroine will have to summon the courage to follow that recipe.

After a successful first season, this other play we recommend seeing in Mexico City is raising the curtain once again.

The premise is based on some of the most iconic stories from Shakespeare’s works. Thus, Hamlet descends into hell and becomes trapped in an endless loop.

In it, you’ll have to relive the events of the tragedy over and over again, as well as Othello’s pathological jealousy and Lady Macbeth’s ambition.

A must-see in our recommendations for plays to see in Mexico City. The lead actor, a brilliant and surprising Rafael Perrín, voluntarily checks himself into a mental hospital to study patients with schizophrenia.

During his experiment, his mind will begin to betray him… Do all people suffer from some degree of schizophrenia? Does he have it? Or do you?

As he reminisces about his experiences, things spiral out of control, and his mind—and that of his audience—can no longer tell whether what’s happening is fiction or reality.

In its 30th production, Carro de Comedias de Teatro UNAM presents a satire about a tyrannical, corrupt, and violent ruler.

To usurp the throne, Father Ubu murders King Wenceslas of Poland. The ambitious Mother Ubu, who goaded him until he committed the crime, is now queen.

Although this play, written by playwright Alfred Garry, scandalized the Parisian bourgeoisie in 1896, it feels completely relevant 130 years later.

The longest-running play currently in Mexico City never disappoints.

It features acclaimed performances by Rafael Perrín, Odiseo Bichir, Alejandro Tomassi, Juan Carlos Colombo, and Ernesto D’Alessio, among other great actors, alternating performances.

In the story, Arthur Kipps has written a play about a chilling event that changed his life.

During the rehearsal process, strange events begin to occur—and not just on stage. 😰

No list of plays to see in Mexico City would be complete without it.

This Broadway hit had already taken our city by storm more than eight years ago, and now it’s back among the plays to see in Mexico City.

This time, a new cast brings Simba, Mufasa, Scar, Nala, Rafiki, and the rest of the gang to life.

You already know the story of the lion cub who loses his father and is forced to go into self-imposed exile, growing up far from home.

Experience it in a unique way with more than 50 musical theater professionals singing and dancing live, a top-notch production, an orchestra, and stunning effects.