Over the past two weeks, the team at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC has been so grateful to connect with the artists, teachers, arts workers, and organizers who joined us for Devise Dissent. Here’s some words that were shared back to us:

"An awesome workshop that really puts you in a space to think about the power of collective action, that systems of oppression can be dismantled in a thoughtful, organized way.”

“These series of workshops were valuable in that they each gave us a snapshot of three different ways to engage TO pedagogy.“

“TONYC knows that building the fighting spirit & honing in the consciousness and confidence of the masses is essential toward any sustained struggle. I love any chance to learn & co-conspire with them & utilize theater as revolutionary praxis!”

We’re building out our calendar for the summer and fall, so stay tuned for more opportunities to gather in creative collaboration. Can’t wait for your next experience with TONYC? Our team of facilitators is available to bring workshops and scene-building residencies to your public event or community! Read some info on our Workshops page and send us an inquiry. 

Fund this work!

The TONYC staff entered this year in the aftermath of our first ever staff layoffs, and having cut our annual budget by almost 40%. We are currently working reduced hours, having collectively decided to keep people employed and with their health benefits, as we await spring funding decisions and the potential cash owed to us from the IRS, via a Employee Retention Tax Credit. 

We want to sustain our community work. We want to fortify our responsiveness, to apply our tools toward solidarity and movement building. And we’re exploring how to do this while everything costs more, our identities and politics are being targeted for criminalization, and federal funding has been hijacked.

This spring, our Dollars & Di$$ents campaign has been crowdfunding with a goal of $13k, and we are halfway there. Seeing your contributions  - whether it is $10 or $100 - from the different corners of our network, does so much to energize our team! 

Please share and support!

Here’s some more pics:

Visit the full Devise Dissent Album.