How to summarize the breezy sensibility of “Los Espookys,” a new HBO comedy about a group of friends in an unnamed Latin American country who earn a living by staging fake horror events?

In a scene from a coming episode, two members of the team (played by Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres) are shopping for a mirror that could look like the gateway to an alternate dimension. As they browse, Fabrega’s character reflects on her career of unfulfilling short-term jobs.

“You know,” she confesses, “my dream is to be Cirque du Soleil.”

Torres asks her, “You want to be in Cirque du Soleil?”

“No,” Fabrega replies, “I want to be Cirque du Soleil,” explaining that she wants to be the acrobats, the tents, the audience and the merchandise.