Julio Torres explains what makes a person navy in Color Theories trailer

Well-received during its Off-Broadway run last year, Color Theories continues Torres’s theatrical approach to comedy. It’s not quite a stand-up set, but like a one-person show that happens to be filled with jokes. Inventive props and stage design (courtesy of Tommaso Ortino, who worked with Torres on Fantasmas) give it an otherworldly atmosphere that complements Torres’s surreal comic perspective, which is dreamy, wistful, and sharply satirical all at the same time. Don’t expect a guy just telling jokes into a microphone for an hour, basically—something that the trailer should make readily apparent.

In addition to his HBO series and specials (which, hey, go watch ‘em all right now, if you haven’t), Torres wrote and directed the 2023 film Problemista, which co-starred Tilda Swinton. Before that he wrote for SNL for a few seasons, where he wrote instant classics like “Papyrus” and “Wells For Boys.” We’re just listing things he’s done because everything he’s done is good, basically, and needs to be seen by anybody into good, weird comedy. It’s an unbeaten streak that Color Theories should keep going, if the people who saw it live can be believed.