Su Teatro | Denver’s oldest theater company turns 50

Su Teatro Executive Artistic Director Tony Garcia grew up on the Westside, Denver’s first and oldest neighborhood, which was displaced in the late 1960s to make room for the three colleges that make up the Auraria Higher Education Center. The campus gave rise to Su Teatro, which is also turning 50. Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)

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Su Teatro at 50: Born from the birth of a campus and the death of a neighborhood

Tony Garcia grew up in the barrio that was displaced to make way for three downtown Denver colleges. For five decades, he's run what is now Denver's oldest theater company.