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Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend Theatre of the Oppressed NYC’s Legislative Theatre Festival

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (TONYC) partners with leading service providers throughout NYC - such as CASES, Housing Works, and the Ali Forney Center - to create community theatre troupes. 

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Even Elected Officials Can Participate in Democracy

By Katy Rubin. 

In the Theatre of the Oppressed community, there’s a little saying: “Everyone can do theatre. Even actors.”

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a page from John Leo's joker notebook, April 10, 2014

Today's rehearsal at the Ali Forney Center (which provides services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning [LGBTQ] youth with experience of homelessness) starts out as many have before...

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Q&A with Communities United Against Police Brutality (MN)

By Travis Stevens. This entry is part of a series in preparation for our 2014 Legislative Theatre Festival.

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“Blame the Next,” a Game from Staten Island

By Sophie Nimmannit. This entry is part of a series in preparation for our 2014 Legislative Theatre Festival.

"No, it doesn’t happen like that, it’s like this.” 

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