Spend a summer evening in the Hunter Center with comedian/actor/director/writer/fashion icon/fill-in-the-blank-because-he-does-it-all Julio Torres as he returns to MASS MoCA for the first time since his 2016 High Mud Comedy Fest debut! From SNL staff writer, to co-writer and showrunner of Los Espookys (with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega) on HBO, to writer-director of the 2023 A24 surrealist comedy Problemista to creator and star of HBO’s Fantasmas, Torres has emerged one of the hottest commodities in the comedy world.

About the Artist:
Julio Torres is an Emmy®-nominated, Peabody-winning, and WGA-winning writer, director, and comedian from El Salvador. Torres made his directorial feature film debut with A24’s Problemista, which premiered at SXSW in March 2023 to high praise. Torres also wrote the film and stars alongside Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rosselini, and RZA. The film, produced by Emma Stone and Dave McCary via their Fruit Tree banner, was released in March 2024. Most recently, Torres wrote, directed, executive produced and starred in HBO’s six-episode series Fantasmas, which premiered on June 7, 2024. In Fantasmas, Torres tells the tale of when he lost an oyster earring. The people he encounters as he searches for it and the musings he has along the way become points of departure for little films, as Torres navigates weaving in and out of these introspective, often eerie comedic stories. Torres received four Emmy® nominations for his work on SNL, on which he served as a writer from 2016 to 2021. In 2023, he was recognized as an honoree in TIME magazine’s TIME100 Next list, under the “artists” category. The annual list, inspired by the publication’s flagship TIME100, recognizes 100 rising individuals from across industries who are shaping the future of their fields and defining the next generation of leadership. Torres’ additional acting credits include Search Party, The Great North, Shrill, Together Together, and The Other Two. He currently resides in Brooklyn.