Tony Garcia and Mica Garcia de Benavidez, the father-daughter leaders of Su Teatro, stand atop their newly acquired second space., on a sunny June afternoon, change was in the air. We were strolling out of its theater space toward the"Blue Building" across the street, at 659 Santa Fe Drive, which the company had announced it was purchasing on June 19.
"The Morrises have been wonderful to us," Garcia says."Originally, it was going to cost $2.1 million, but they cut it by $300,000 for us, so we only paid $1.8 million. Chuck and Becky were drawn to the idea of Su Teatro being preserved as an education arts institute on the Westside.", who met us inside the Blue Building, notes with a chuckle that discussions about acquiring the space have been going on for two years.
Since Hickenlooper and Chuck Morris, a legendary concert promoter, were close friends,"Hickenlooper began talking to Chuck about it and set up a time when we could meet each other," Garcia says."The Morris family has long been supporters of the arts and see this as an opportunity to perpetuate the legacy of the company that has brought so much music to the Denver area and beyond.