TICKETS $65

Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.; Film directly after the talk. 

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THE EXPERIENCE

Julio Torres is bringing his curiosity expertise to the Tomorrow Theater for one night only as our Carte Blanche guest! During Julio’s conversation, titled “Forever Baby,” he’ll explore the softness of millennial design aesthetics: from wavy mirrors to Canva flyers, to ‘adulting is hard’ coffee mugs. Using his innate sense of humor & wit, Julio will examine what it means to be a generation that was stuck in an internship limbo and crippled by student debt, and now encountering a new generation (Gen Z), equipped with their own mindset. 

 A comedian, writer, and filmmaker, Julio broke out as an Emmy-nominated and WGA-winning writer on Saturday Night Live. In addition to guest starring in numerous shows (including High Maintenance, Search Party, and Shrill), he co-created and starred in the shows Los Espookys and Fantasmas. He recently debuted his first feature film, Problemista, about an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador trying to bring his ideas to life in New York City. 

Our Carte Blanche series brings your favorite artists and polymaths to town, and we give them carte blanche to do what they wanna do and share something new. Past guests have included David Byrne, Ruth E. Carter, and Penelope Spheeris. Check out our full upcoming lineup here!

ON STAGE: 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.

ON SCREEN: Problemista

2024. Directed by Julio Torres. Runtime: 104 minutes. Rated R.

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. From writer/director Julio Torres comes a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.