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Toni Tresca

Toni Tresca is a Colorado-based arts reporter originally from Mineola, Texas, who writes about the evolving world of theater and culture — with a focus on the financial realities of making art, emerging forms and leadership in the arts. He is the Editor of Bucket List Community Cafe, a regular contributor to multiple local outlets and co-host of the OnStage Colorado podcast (Feedspot’s #1 Colorado Art Podcast). He also has an MBA and an MA in Theatre and Performance Studies from CU Boulder.

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Curious Theatre Company Launches Fundraiser: “We’re at a Crossroads”

By Toni TrescaMarch 29, 2024

To cover its deficit, the Denver-based theater company must raise $250,000 by July.

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Motus Theater’s TRANSformative Stories Shares Trans Truth With Legislators

By Toni TrescaMarch 26, 2024

“These are the kinds of personal stories that people need to hear and need to see, especially for Transgender Day of Visibility” on March 31.

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Colorado Premiere of Raisin at Town Hall Arts Center Celebrates Black Voices

By Toni TrescaMarch 22, 2024

“It’s an experience that everybody needs to know, especially since Black history is trying to be erased from schools.”

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SNL Alum Darrell Hammond Calls Denver “the Ultimate American City”

By Toni TrescaMarch 20, 2024

Ahead of his upcoming Comedy Works South shows, one of SNL‘s longest-running cast members shares insight into his career, meeting Richard Pryor and his love for Denver.

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Su Teatro’s Play About Boulder Bombing Is “Like Getting History Shot Through Your Veins”

By Toni TrescaMarch 18, 2024

“Our history should really be taught in schools so people don’t walk around and think that racism doesn’t exist in our country.”

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Cost of Living Brings Two Denver Theaters Together for a Pioneering Disability Story

By Toni TrescaMarch 15, 2024

Curious Theatre Company and Phamaly Theatre Company team up for the regional premiere of Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

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Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald Blends Humor and Heritage at Comedy Works for St. Paddy’s Day

By Toni TrescaMarch 15, 2024

From comedian to veterinarian to conservationist, what can’t this contemporary renaissance man do?

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The Ten Best Places in Denver to Catch Comedy

By Toni TrescaMarch 13, 2024

The yuk stops here: Denver is home to a lot of great comedy venues, both large and small.

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Two Shrek Events Hit Denver’s Swamp This Week

By Toni TrescaMarch 13, 2024

The Mile High City is getting Shreked this week, with both Shrek the Musical and a Shrek Drag Brunch.

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Legendary Magicians Penn & Teller Unleash a Whirlwind of Wit and Wonder at the Buell

By Toni TrescaMarch 12, 2024

The magicians’ act has been a pinnacle of the magic world for almost fifty years.

The Yuk Stops Here: Why Is Comedy Booming in Denver?

The Yuk Stops Here: Why Is Comedy Booming in Denver?

By Toni TrescaMarch 12, 2024

One answer? Good audiences. “I think Denver has always been great for comedy because it’s a smart city but it’s not an industry town,” says Adam Cayton-Holland.

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New Comedy A Jukebox for the Algonquin Hits Golden With Heart and Humor

By Toni TrescaMarch 8, 2024

All the residents of Placid Pines Senior Care Center want is a jukebox, but that simple request leads to a side-splitting, roller-coaster journey.

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Hairspray Swirls Into Denver With a Local Twist

By Toni TrescaMarch 6, 2024

In addition to a local star, there’s another twist: A sprinkler mishap has moved the opening to Thursday night.

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Arvada Center’s The Great Comet Is a Theatrical Reflection on War and Humanity

By Toni TrescaMarch 5, 2024

The immersive musical, which is based on seventy pages from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, is at the Arvada Center through March 31.

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Breaking Boundaries: How the Colorado Theatre Guild’s Unified Auditions Impacts Local Talent

By Toni TrescaMarch 4, 2024

The Unified Auditions is the largest audition event of its kind in Colorado.

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IDEA Stages Votes to Suspend Executive Director and Organization

By Toni TrescaMarch 1, 2024

This decision comes following an exhaustive review by the IDEAs Accountability Committee sparked by concerns raised during a production of In the Heights at Vintage Theatre.

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Review: Dune: Part Two Is a Kick-Ass Sci-Fi Epic With More Sandworms and Fewer Problems

By Toni TrescaFebruary 29, 2024

If you thought the first film was a bit of a snooze, prepare to be wide awake and on the edge of your seat for this one.

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Review: Drag, Drama and Discovery in The Legend of Georgia McBride at Vintage Theatre

By Toni TrescaFebruary 27, 2024

This production is anything but a drag.

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Vintage Theatre’s New Purchase Underscores the Role of Building Ownership in Theaters

By Toni TrescaFebruary 27, 2024

The journey of Vintage Theatre to secure its building in Aurora highlights the significance of venue ownership in ensuring the longevity of theatrical institutions.

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Straight to the Sources Behind the Four Plays at the 2024 Colorado New Play Summit

By Toni TrescaFebruary 24, 2024

Experience the “gold standard” of new play development in the West this weekend

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Beth Stelling’s Hilarious Takeover of Comedy Works

By Toni TrescaFebruary 21, 2024

Experience Beth Stelling’s latest hour in Denver, which she teases is “more physical and experimental with volume.”

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Review: Lisa Frankenstein Is Far Better Than Box Office Returns Suggest

By Toni TrescaFebruary 19, 2024

The macabre, modern fairytale proves creativity isn’t dead in Hollywood.

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