Overview

• A performance of Color Theories was recorded during its month-long run at Performance Space New York for release as an HBO comedy special.
• The show began previews on September 3, opened a week later, and closed October 10 after two extensions driven by audience demand.
• HBO has not set a premiere date for the televised version.
• Described as blending stand-up, design and dream logic, the piece explores color, emotion and identity in a hybrid of comedy, theater and art.
• The special is written and performed by Julio Torres with additional performances by Ian Edlund, Nick Meyers, Drew Rollins and Joe Rumrill, and it follows his Peabody-winning Fantasmas and prior HBO work including My Favorite Shapes and Los Espookys.