My name is Jo Franklin and I recently traveled from Australia to spend 3 weeks with TONYC in the lead up to their 5th annual fundraising event ACTIVATE. I was fortunate enough to spend many hours behind the scenes in the Judson Memorial Hall office planning and brainstorming with a powerhouse of women dedicate to social change.

Actors from the LPAC Theatre Troupe talking about their new forum play, Perform to Reform.

Get to know Mike Gonzalez, one of the Creative Change Honorees at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's 5th anniversary benefit celebration, Activate!

An interview with Duwon and Maaji, actors from TONYC's longest running troupe, Concrete Justice about their latest production, Homeless Woes. Homeless Woes is a forum play interrogating gentrification, police interactions & NYC shelters, based on the real-life experience of the actors. Created and performed by Concrete Justice. Presented by Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, in partnership St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.

REAL, an actor from TONYC's Brooklyn Justice Corps Troupe at CASES, talks about the impact of performing in the Legislative Theatre Festival. This interview is part of a series conducted by Lance Richardson.