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ANDREA GIBSON: LOVE LETTER FROM THE AFTERLIFE 

 A Film of Andrea Gibson’s Final Live Performance featuring The Colorado Symphony, Megan Falley and special guests

In association with the Sundance Film Festival and with event partners Rocky Mountain Equality and The Center on Colfax, join us for Andrea Gibson: Love Letter from the Afterlife, — a multimedia evening of film, poetry, and music premiering at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 5, 2026. 

At the heart of the event is the debut screening of Andrea Gibson’s last brilliant, brave, tender, and raucous poetry set recorded at the Paramount Theatre in 2024. The film was produced by the team behind the Oscar-nominated and Sundance Film Festival winning documentary, Come See Me in the Good Light. 

The Colorado Symphony will perform live throughout the night accompanying Gibson’s poetry and amplifying the night’s other performances—turning the entire event into a living, breathing composition. 

The event will also feature some of Andrea’s favorite artistic collaborators. 

Andrea Gibson 

Andrea Gibson was one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word poets of our time. 

Known as one of the most captivating artists in the spoken word poetry scene, Gibson authored five full-length poetry collections, an illustrated book of their most memorable quotes, and released seven albums. 

Best known for their live performances, Gibson regularly sold out standing-room-only rock clubs, changing the landscape of what it meant to attend a poetry show altogether. 

Though Gibson toured for many years, a cancer diagnosis in 2021 brought their time on the road to a halt—and transformed their work into something transcendent. As Gibson wrote, their story became “one about happiness being easier to find once we realize we do not have forever to find it.” 

Gibson and their wife, Megan Falley, are the subjects of the Sundance Festival Favorite–winning and Academy Award–nominated documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows the couple through the final year of Gibson’s life. 

At the time of their death, Andrea Gibson was serving as the Poet Laureate of Colorado.  

Megan Falley 

Megan Falley is a queer femme writer, sought-after speaker, and former competitive spoken word poet who has been performing, teaching, and touring since her first of three full-length poetry collections was released in 2012. 

Her work—spanning poetry and memoir—explores grief, the body, and the complicated ways we learn to love both. Her most recent collection, Drive Here and Devastate Me [Write Bloody Publishing, 2018], was hailed by Autostraddle as “a love letter to the queer community.” In 2019, Falley co-wrote How Poetry Can Change Your Heart with her partner, Andrea Gibson, as part of Chronicle Books’ acclaimed how-to series. 

Her writing has been widely awarded across both poetry and nonfiction. 

Falley is also the subject of the Sundance Festival Favorite–winning and Academy Award–nominated documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows the final year of life she shared with Gibson. Throughout the pandemic, Falley taught thousands of students online how to write through her virtual workshop, Poems That Don’t Suck. 

Sundance Film Festival® 

The 2027 Sundance Film Festival will take place in Boulder on January 21–31, 2027. A program of the nonprofit Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival is the preeminent gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives. Since 1985, hundreds of films launched at the Festival have gone on to gain critical acclaim and reach new audiences worldwide. The Festival has introduced some of the most groundbreaking films and episodic works of our times. The program consists of fiction and nonfiction features and short films, series and episodic content, innovative storytelling, as well as conversations and other events. Be a part of the Festival at festival.sundance.org and follow the Festival on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, and Bluesky. 

AEG Presents 

Combining the power of the live event with a focus on true artist development, AEG Presents is a world leader in the music and entertainment industries. Operating across five continents, the company has an unparalleled commitment to artistry, creativity, and community. Its tentpole festivals and multi-day music events — which include the iconic Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and the legendary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival alongside British Summer Time at Hyde Park, Stagecoach, Hangout Festival, Electric Forest, Rock En Seine and All Points East — continue to set the bar for the live music experience. AEG Presents promotes global tours for artists such as Justin Bieber, Blackpink, Kenny Chesney, Celine Dion, Elton John, Carin León, Paul McCartney, Katy Perry, The Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and Tyler, The Creator, in addition to — through its network of clubs, theatres, arenas, stadiums and renowned partner brands such as The Bowery Presents, Cárdenas Marketing Network, Concerts West, Frontier Touring, Goldenvoice, Marshall Arts, Messina Touring Group, PromoWest Productions, and Zero Mile Presents — creating and developing an unmatched infrastructure for artist development and audience reach. More information can be found at www.aegpresents.com. 

HOW TO GET TICKETS: 

• ONLINE
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      • Colorado Symphony Box Office Hours: 10A-5P
      • Denver Coliseum Box Office is open Saturdays from 11A – 3P. 

• • • • Tickets can also be purchased from the Red Rocks Box Office on show nights. 

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CONTACT:

For more information or to request interviews, please contact:

Nick Dobreff, Communications and Creative Director

ndobreff@coloradosymphony.org – 303.308.2477 (o)

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Support for the 2025/26 Colorado Symphony Season is provided by: The Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), Genesee Mountain Foundation, Denver Arts & Venues, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Schoen Foundation, and the Colorado Symphony Guild.

TICKETS:

Tickets to Colorado Symphony events are available online at coloradosymphony.org/tickets, by phone at 303.623.7876, and in person at the Boettcher Concert Hall Box Office, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1000 14th Street. The Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday, noon – 5 p.m., and two hours prior to each performance.

ABOUT THE COLORADO SYMPHONY

One of the leading orchestras in the United States, the Colorado Symphony Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization performing more than 150 concerts annually at Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver and across Colorado. Led by Peter Oundjian as its Music Director as of the 2025/26 season, the Colorado Symphony is home to eighty full-time musicians representing more than a dozen nations and regularly welcomes the world’s most celebrated artists from across musical genres. The orchestra celebrated its Centennial during the 2023/24 concert season and now serves more than 340,000 people each year through live performances at Boettcher Concert Hall, Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, and other venues throughout Colorado’s Front Range. Boettcher Concert Hall, which opened in 1978, was the first in-the-round symphonic venue built in the United States. In November 2025, voters passed the Vibrant Denver Bond, which allocates $20 million to a future renovation of the concert hall. Guided by a vision to inspire and unite humanity through live symphonic music, the Colorado Symphony is a living heartbeat of the state — expressing its beauty, creativity, vitality, and inclusive spirit. Through unmatched artistry and bold innovation, the Symphony inspires Colorado and audiences everywhere while expanding access, fostering education, and creating lasting memories through meaningful personal connections. Recognized as an incubator of innovation, creativity, and excellence, the Colorado Symphony listens to and learns from its diverse communities, musicians, and staff; composes and creates with curiosity and versatility; and leads with empathy, collaboration, and responsible stewardship. The Symphony continually expands its reach through in-person and virtual education programs, community partnerships, and programming that celebrates achievement, honors diverse voices, and infuses joy on and off the stage. The Colorado Symphony partners with leading musical artists, cultural organizations, corporations, foundations, educators, sports teams, and individuals to connect people, uplift communities, and inspire everyone to feel part of something greater.