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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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Wheelchair Sports Camp Drops Meow Wolf-Inspired Vinyl Tracks

By Toni TrescaJune 18, 2025

After many requests from fans, the hip-hop band is releasing songs created for its Meow Wolf installation four years later.

People sit around a table working together to assemble Kynd Kits.

Drag Bingo Meets Volunteer Power in Project Helping Pride Event

By Toni TrescaJune 12, 2025

Celebrate Pride with drag bingo, Jell-O shots and direct action by making a Kynd Kit at Hamburger Mary’s on June 15.

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25 Years of Laughs: Inside Comedy Works’ Iconic New Faces Contest

By Toni TrescaJune 11, 2025

Colorado’s summer showdown features 168 comics battling for laughs, glory and a $1,500 prize.

A group of actors perform onstage in Aurora Fox's Little Miss Sunshine.

Review: Little Miss Sunshine at Aurora Fox Arts Center is a Rocky Ride

By Toni TrescaJune 10, 2025

This local staging is full of talent, but this musical misfire can’t overcome a broken book and sloppy songs.

Actors perform in a Shakespeare play.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival Returns for Season 68 with a Trio of Power Plays

By Toni TrescaJune 5, 2025

Boulder’s Bard Fest is indoors again with The Tempest, Richard II and Doctor Faustus.

People use chalk to create street paintings.

Watch Street Paintings Come to Life at Denver’s 23rd Chalk Art Festival

By Toni TrescaJune 4, 2025

This colorful two-day outdoor festival in the Golden Triangle Creative District features 230 artists and 4,000 pieces of chalk.

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Ditch Rainbow Capitalism: Fifteen Alternatives to Corporate Denver Pride

By Toni TrescaJune 3, 2025

With corporate sponsors pulling back and the spirit of resistance fading from Civic Center Park, here are fifteen events where Pride still feels authentic.

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Your 2025 Guide to the Sixth Annual Denver Fringe Festival

By Toni TrescaMay 30, 2025

Fringe returns June 4-8 with 75 shows, free events, visual art and more. Here’s how to make the most of the event.

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Going in Blind: Oracle Is Loosely Immersive, but Highly Reflective

By Toni TrescaMay 29, 2025

This visual art exhibition at Union Hall invites visitors to pose a question and then enter the gallery blindfolded.

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Theater Festivals Hitting Colorado This Summer

By Toni TrescaMay 24, 2025

A roundup of 2025’s can’t-miss Colorado theater festivals – from musicals in the mountains to quirky fringe acts in Denver.

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The Narrators Marks Fifteen Years of Stories

By Toni TrescaMay 21, 2025

No one screens the stories. There’s no scoring system. And there sure as hell isn’t any consistency.

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Manitou Springs Penny Arcade Levels Up With New Local Ownership

By Toni TrescaMay 19, 2025

Co-founder of the Colorado Springs Independent John Weiss takes over Colorado’s largest historic arcade from the Kerns family.

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Breakdancing Takes Center Stage at Red Bull BC One National Final in Denver

By Toni TrescaMay 16, 2025

Top U.S. breakers compete in Denver for a chance to battle in Tokyo at the world’s biggest breaking competition.

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Curious Theatre Premieres Regina Taylor’s Haunting Solo Play Exhibit

By Toni TrescaMay 15, 2025

The Golden Globe winner stars in a one-woman show exploring memory, justice and the soul of America.

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Touring Production of Pericles Reframes Who Theater Is For

By Toni TrescaMay 7, 2025

Phamaly and Flute Theatre’s interactive performance for people with cognitive disabilities combines Shakespeare and radical accessibility.

From Movies to Music: The History of the Bluebird Theater

By Toni TrescaMay 7, 2025

Over its century in operation, this historic venue has featured everything from feature films to pornography to Billie Eilish.

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An Auraria Parable Tells Hidden History in a Magical Walking Tour

By Toni TrescaMay 2, 2025

Learn about stories of displacement, belonging and identity in a brand new immersive experience.

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Vintage Theatre’s Ride the Cyclone Blends Death, Dreams and Dark Humor

By Toni TrescaMay 2, 2025

The regional premiere of a cult classic musical that’s blown up on TikTok will bring quirky, heartfelt storytelling to Aurora.

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A performer in a restaurant.

HOLDTIGHT Serves Up Arty Food Experiences at Two Local Restaurants

By Toni TrescaMay 1, 2025

Nourishment, opening May 2 at Stowaway Kitchen, “is exploring what nourishes you – literally, as in the food you eat, but also mentally, artistically, emotionally and spiritually.”

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Stories That Heal: Listen To Your Mother Hits Twelve Years in Boulder

By Toni TrescaMay 1, 2025

“We have some pieces that will make you laugh so hard you pee your pants and others that might make you ugly cry in public.”

A drag performer strikes a pose in red.

Inside Drag at Meow Wolf Turns Emotions Into Unforgettable Art

By Toni TrescaApril 30, 2025

The House of L’Whor explores adult emotions in a dazzling, immersive drag parody of Inside Out at Meow Wolf on May 1.

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Immersive Theater Gets Personal in Remember Me by New Local Company

By Toni TrescaApril 28, 2025

One More Time’s debut show is an intimate, immersive mystery in collaboration with Two Cent Lion.

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