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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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New Immersive Installation Found in The Estate Sale

By Toni TrescaJune 2, 2023

“It’s not Meow Wolf…but I think this has more depth.”

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Set Sail for Adams Mystery Playhouse and Murder on Pirate Island

By Toni TrescaMay 31, 2023

The murder-mystery play follows a gang of pirates who are searching for the lost treasure of La Buse.

The Gardiner Brothers Come Full Circle With <i>Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show</i>

The Gardiner Brothers Come Full Circle With Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show

By Toni TrescaMay 26, 2023

The Denver natives talk about social media success, the Nuggets and living your dream.

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The Oldest Boy Is an Asian-American Odyssey About Being Okay With Letting Go

By Toni TrescaMay 18, 2023

The play at Miners Alley follows an American mother and Tibetan father whose three-year-old son is rumored to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama.

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Miners Alley Sets Sights on the Future With New Education Director, Performing Arts Center

By Toni TrescaMay 16, 2023

After purchasing the Meyer Hardware Store to convert into a performing arts center, Miners Alley continues its growth by hiring Dr. Heather Beasley as its new director of education.

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Strange Natures Invites You to an Immersive, Queer Dance Party

By Toni TrescaMay 15, 2023

“How can you accept that you don’t have a future, but with joy and absurdity?”

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Twentieth-Century Vaudeville Stars Tackle 21st-Century Issues in The Headliners

By Toni TrescaMay 8, 2023

“In light of the recent bans on LGBTQ+ performances across the country, a story about crossdressing and gender identity feels particularly timely, even though it is set in 1908.”

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Gasoline Lollipops and Wonderbound Re-Team in New Dance Space for The Sandman

By Toni TrescaMay 3, 2023

Get your tickets quickly: Four nights have already sold out, and several others are rapidly nearing capacity.

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Audacious Theatre’s Space Conflicts Parodies Star Wars for May the 4th

By Toni TrescaMay 2, 2023

This laugh-out-loud satire happens at Left Hand Brewing on May 4 and Fiction Beer Company on May 5 and 6.

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Musique Pour la Paix Uses Music to Help Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Mental Health

By Toni TrescaMay 2, 2023

“We are working to help connect immigrants and refugees with mental health resources while removing the financial barriers for them to be involved with art.”

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How the Show Goes On: COVID-19 and Denver Theaters in 2023

By Toni TrescaApril 26, 2023

Three years after the pandemic shutdown, productions continue to pivot.

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This “Immersive Experience Into Yourself” by HOLDTIGHT Connects You to the Earth

By Toni TrescaApril 25, 2023

A “multi-sensory show that tantalizes the senses and is substance for the soul.”

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First Colorado Theatre Guild Auditions Come Complete With Drama

First Colorado Theatre Guild Auditions Come Complete With Drama

By Toni TrescaApril 21, 2023

“This event is not taking anything away from people; rather, the Unified Auditions are adding to the landscape of opportunities.”

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Bleak Mystique Has Been Traveling Through Sound…and the Southwest

By Toni TrescaApril 21, 2023

The local indie alternative band’s tour lands at Globe Hall April 21.

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Local Lab 12 Examines Climate Change, Vietnamese Sign Language, Family-Run Funeral Homes and More

By Toni TrescaApril 18, 2023

Four new play readings and theater events take over Boulder next weekend!

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Benchmark Theatre Confronts Conversion Therapy in A Great Wilderness

By Toni TrescaApril 14, 2023

Benchmark Theatre presents the regional premiere of “A Great Wilderness” by Samuel Hunter, who wrote the play and two-time Oscar-winning film “The Whale.”

Dancin’ Baseballers Dazzle in a Reimagined Production of Damn Yankees

By Toni TrescaApril 11, 2023

The production “is nostalgic, but with updated inclusivity that was needed all along.”

BETC Selects New Artistic and Managing Directors

By Toni TrescaApril 7, 2023

Both have been active in the Colorado theater community for years, and are fierce supporters of BETC.

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DCPA’s Musical Adaptation of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple Honors Black Women

By Toni TrescaApril 6, 2023

Beautiful sets, all-star actors and beautiful music and movement await at DCPA’s production of “The Color Purple,” a musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s book.

PopUp Theatre Threatened With Protests Over Its Production of Corpus Christi

By Toni TrescaApril 4, 2023

“It’s absolutely despicable that some people would turn around and make [Jesus Christ] homosexual.”

RISE, Blue Bench’s Annual Art Show, Is Created by Survivors of Sexual Violence

By Toni TrescaMarch 29, 2023

“My hope is that survivors feel like they still have a voice through an art show that encourages them to recognize their vulnerability and strength.”

Travel to The Mourning Tree With Soul Penny Circus for a Theatrical Aerial Performance

By Toni TrescaMarch 22, 2023

The show is about a traveling circus that ventures into an enchanted forest to discover the mysteries of a tree spirit.

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