Let’s Talk New Mexico, 8/8 8a: New Mexico has a busy performing arts scene, including a renowned opera, a plethora of smaller theater companies, and a performance hall that attracts large touring companies with international hits. However, post-pandemic audiences are smaller and theaters and theater companies are finding themselves more reliant on government funding. While lawmakers in Washington D.C. have made federal funding available, like the 2020 Save Our Stages Act and the proposed Supporting Theater and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy (STAGE) Act of 2024, many theater companies are struggling financially, or, like Tricklock Company in Albuquerque, going out of business.