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We partner with communities facing discrimination to practice social change through theatre. inspiration. collaboration. transformation.

05/28/2026

Early Bird ends June 1! June 12 at 6pm ❤️🏳️‍🌈 "This is Not a Date: Pride 2026" is for q***r connection-making. LGBTQ+ folks are invited to see if sparks fly at this Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.)-based social mixer. All are welcome, including those with no T.O. experience.

June 12, 2026 - 6pm-8:30pm
Midtown Manhattan
🎟 Tix: www.tonyc.nyc/612 🎟
$30 regular - Early bird rate $20 until June 1!
$10.00 ticket option offered to BIPOC community members!

Looking to make new connections with artists and activists? Interested in romance, new friends, collaborators, or comrades? This is Not a Date is for you. Join us at the Theatre of the Oppressed NYC to play a selection of T.O. and theatre games, enjoy some light refreshments, and chat about what we want from our relationships of all kinds, before we break off into one-on-one pairings to get to know each other. It's like speed dating with less pressure and more Magritte.

You don't have to be single to attend! This event is for connection-making in all forms. No T.O. experience needed.

Facilitators: Harrow Sansom Choi (they/them), amani meliyah (she/they)

***rnyc ***revents

05/26/2026

Meet the Authors! at the final, Zoom, Wildcard Work-Book Club: Thursday, June 18, 6:30-8pm

Host Harrow Sansom will lead a discussion with authors Katy Rubin, Liz Morgan and Sulu LeoNimm!

RSVP
www.tonyc.nyc/workbookclubjune (see linktree for our Events page)
$15 suggested donation, or proof of book purchase!

"The Wildcard Workbook A Practical Guide to Facilitating Forum Theatre" is available at:
www.tonyc.nyc/wildcardworkbook

05/21/2026

June 12 at 6pm ❤️🏳️‍🌈 Back by popular demand! "This is Not a Date: Pride 2026" is for q***r connection-making. LGBTQ+ folks are invited to see if sparks fly at this Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.)-based social mixer. All are welcome, including those with no T.O. experience.

Looking to make new connections with artists and activists? Interested in romance, new friends, collaborators, or comrades? This is Not a Date is for you. Join us at the Theatre of the Oppressed NYC to play a selection of T.O. and theatre games, enjoy some light refreshments, and chat about what we want from our relationships of all kinds, before we break off into one-on-one pairings to get to know each other. It's like speed dating with less pressure and more Magritte.

You don't have to be single to attend! This event is for connection-making in all forms. No T.O. experience needed.

Facilitators: Harrow Sansom Choi (they/them), amani meliyah (she/they)

June 12, 2026 - 6pm-8:30pm
Midtown Manhattan
Tix and location info: www.tonyc.nyc/612
$30 regular - Early bird rate $20 until June 1!
$10.00 ticket option offered to BIPOC community members!

***rnyc ***revents

05/20/2026

JOIN US JUNE 2 at 2pm! "Historias Reales: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For," an interactive theatre experience revealing the past, present, and future awakenings of trans elders.

Come listen to real life stories of what it has taken to survive, the been-there-&-done-thats, and oops - what we forgot to say! Take what you can use and leave the rest. Together, let’s breathe, sister, breathe.

Lunch will be provided at 1:30pm before the performance.

Hosted by SAGETrans
Facilitated by Ania Upstill and Leila Kashani-Sabet
RSVP www.tonyc.nyc/events
June 02, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4pm
National Opera Center
330 7th Avenue 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001

Content Note: These stories will include references to childhood sexual abuse and family trauma, and there will be a depiction of an encounter with law enforcement.

05/04/2026

Dignidad! Un foro y taller de Escucha

sábado, 9 de mayo
de las 14:00 a las 15:30
El almuerzo estará disponible a las 13:00, antes del taller.
Make the Road NY, 104-19 Roosevelt Ave, Corona, NY

¡Derretir el Ice-Ice-Baby! ¡Derretir el Ice-Ice-Baby!
Únete a este espacio de juegos interactivos y presentación de escenas de teatro foro con nuestra tropa Escucha. ¡Somos inmigrantes y neoyorkinos! En este taller utilizamos herramientas del Teatro del Oprimido para crear comunidad y ensayar acciones que cambien los sistemas opresivos de detención masiva que buscan despojar de su dignidad a nuestra comunidad de migrantes en Nueva York.

ESCUCHA es un troupe de teatro foro creada en 2020, formada por miembros de un troupe de Sunset Park de TONYC, que comenzó su andadura en 2015. Está compuesta por activistas inmigrantes hispanohablantes de Queens. ESCUCHA crea y representa un repertorio de obras sobre los derechos de los trabajadores y los inquilinos, y el acceso a la asistencia sanitaria. Además, sus miembros reciben formación en la facilitación del Teatro del Oprimido para fomentar el diálogo comunitario.

Entradas: www.tonyc.nyc/meltingpoint (linktree)

05/02/2026

May 2 marks the passing of both Augusto Boal, (March 16, 1931 - May 2, 2008) and Paulo Freire (September 19, 1921 - May 2, 1997). We honor the legacy of Boal and Freire, providing us with tools to sustain hope and work toward liberation.

"The real goal of the arsenal of the Theatre of the Oppressed is to contribute to the preparation of the future, rather than waiting for it to happen." From "The Rainbow of Desire" by Augusto Boal.

"As an ontological need, hope needs practice in order to become historical concreteness." From "Pedagogy of Hope" by Paulo Freire.

The Instituto Augusto Boal 's youtube channel has a video clip of the discussion with Augusto Boal, Paulo Freire and Doug Paterson, from the Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc. conference in 1996. Visit and watch!

04/28/2026

❄The Melting Point 🔥 SATURDAY, May 9 at Make the Road NY.

Join Theatre of the Oppressed NYC for a day of events to use theatrical improvisation for resistance, solidarity-building, and connection. Through the warmth of our gathering, let us find the melting point of ICE!

Únete a Theatre of the Oppressed NYC para disfrutar de una jornada repleta de actividades, con el fin de utilizar la improvisación teatral como herramienta de resistencia, fomento de la solidaridad y creación de vínculos. ¡A través de la calidez de nuestro encuentro, descubramos el punto de fusión del ICE!

🕚 11am-1pm: ICE OUT, a Cops-in-the-Head Workshop (lunch included after) Sliding Scale $35/$55/$90

🕑 de las 14:00 a las 15:30: “¡Dignidad! Un foro y taller de Escucha” (El almuerzo estará disponible a las 13:00, antes del taller.) Tarifa variable: $25/$45/$80

🕓 de 16:00 a 18:00 / 4pm-6pm: Colaboradores y cómplices en solidaridad / Collaborators & Co-Conspirators in Solidarity. Sliding Scale $25/$45/$80

Tickets/Entradas: www.tonyc.nyc/meltingpoint (linktree)

04/16/2026

www.tonyc.nyc/meltingpoint

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