About the Show

Julio Torres fuses stand-up, design, and dream logic in a show about color and identity.

Julio Torres presents Color Theories, a new work that combines stand-up comedy with surreal design and dreamlike structure. Known for his HBO series Fantasmas (winner of a 2025 Peabody Award) and his feature film Problemista, Torres here turns to a theatrical exploration of color as a lens for examining emotion and identity. The result blurs boundaries between comedy, theatre, and performance art.

Critic Reviews (4)

"Color Theories is a complete charmer, witty and whimsical in equal measure"
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"The extravagant and whimsical trappings of Color Theories mask what this show essentially is: observational stand-up with a side of prop comedy. "
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"a chromatic séance, a theatrical mood board, or perhaps a dispatch from the dreamworld"
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funny and weird and sometimes confusing… a gently surreal take on the world
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