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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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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Grant to support the Homeless Youth Forum Theatre Project. 

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