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Being There // ART + LABOR series – Curated by Julio Torres

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  • Sat, Jan 25

Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1979

TICKETS $15

Doors 3:30 p.m.; Event 4 p.m.

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THE EXPERIENCE

Join us for our SPECIAL GUEST STARS series where some of our favorite Tomorrow Theater guests curate special screening series just for our audience! For our Art and Labor series (Julio Torres’ favorite movies about getting lost in the job), Torres has curated Sorry to Bother You, The Match Factory Girl, Being There, and The 40-Year-Old Version. Join us for this special limited series with a video intro by Julio Torres!


ON SCREEN: Being There

1979. Directed by Hal Ashby. Runtime: 2hr 10min. Rated PG.

Simple-minded Chance (Peter Sellers), a gardener who has resided in the Washington, D.C., townhouse of his wealthy employer for his entire life and been educated only by television, is forced to vacate his home when his boss dies. While wandering the streets, he encounters business mogul Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas), who assumes Chance to be a fellow upper-class gentleman. Soon Chance is ushered into high society, and his unaffected gardening wisdom makes him the talk of the town.


GUEST CURATOR: Julio Torres

Julio Torres is a Brooklyn-based comedian, writer, and filmmaker. He was an Emmy-nominated and WGA-winning writer for Saturday Night Live, and his work on SNL has received much acclaim from The New York Times, Vulture, Vanity Fair, and more. Julio has guest starred on HBO’s High Maintenance, Search Party (Max), Shrill (Hulu), and the film Together Together with Ed Helms and Patti Harrison. He has also performed stand-up on Late Night With Seth Meyers as well as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In 2017, Julio headlined his first solo hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, My Favorite Shapes: By Julio Torres, to rave reviews. My Favorite Shapes became an hour-long HBO comedy special in 2019 produced by Lorne Michaels and A24. Julio starred in the HBO series Los Espookys, which he co-created with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega. Los Espookys subsequently garnered a Peabody Award for 2023 Entertainment and a GLAAD award for Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series in 2023 and was named one of New York Times “Best Shows of 2022.” Julio’s next television show, Fantasmas premiered in June 2024 on HBO to critical acclaim. On the feature side, his directorial debut Problemista, which he wrote and stars in alongside Tilda Swinton, premiered earlier this year with A24 and Emma Stone’s Fruit Tree Films producing. Julio’s first book, I Want To Be A Vase was also recently released through Simon & Schuster’s Atrium Books. TIME Magazine recently named Julio a 2023 TIME100 Next Artist.

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