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Online Legislative Theatre Training
Date/time: May 09, 2025 at 1:30pm - 4pm ET
Location: Zoom
Facilitators: Sulu LeoNimm and Julián Pimiento
Sliding scale: $75-150
Ready to Reimagine the Rules? Join Us for a Legislative Theatre Workshop. Tired of decisions being made without your community’s voice? Legislative Theatre is a tool for turning real-life struggles into forum plays that demand change and shape policy from the ground up. Whether you’re working to abolish oppressive laws or disrupt harmful practices, this workshop empowers you to engage in radical, participatory democracy. Together, we’ll imagine new futures, strategize bold actions, and keep the dialogue going—because the fight doesn’t stop at the theatre door.
No experience necessary.
Note: This workshop will be hosted on Zoom and will not be recorded. Participants may request a full refund in the event of a canceled or rescheduled workshop.
Rates for this workshop are on a sliding scale from $75-$150. Please select the tier that feels appropriate for you based on your financial means, the value you wish to receive, or your desire to support TONYC.
Devise Dissent, May 10, 2025
11am - 12:30pm: Answering the Call
Originally presented at the Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, we designed this hands-on workshop for those who want concrete, creative strategies to interrupt systems of oppression. Led by two seasoned Jokers, participants will explore how to bring Forum Theatre directly into movement spaces—rallies, teach-ins, hearings, school walkouts, and more.
We will offer practical tools for assessing real-time opportunities for performance, selecting games and scenes that activate spect-actors, and adapting Theatre of the Oppressed techniques for unpredictable, high-energy environments. Participants will practice designing and facilitating rapid interventions that transform collective frustration into collective action. Facilitated by: Liz Morgan & Sulu LeoNimm
Ticket Rates: $20/$40/$80/$100
1:30 - 3pm: The News is Not Neutral
If the news cycle leaves you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in a loop of doomscrolling, you’re not alone. This workshop invites you to interrupt that cycle and collaborate to reclaim the narrative! We will draw from Augusto Boal’s Newspaper Theatre to explore how to take billionaire-controlled articles and headlines, and build provocative performance—infused with your lived experience and political imagination.
Led by TONYC’s Joker team, The News Is Not Neutral is a 90-minute, hands-on session where participants will gamify and remix real-world texts to turn media critique into creative resistance. Join us to shift from consuming the news to challenging it—and making space for stories that move people toward action. Facilitated by: Julián Pimiento and Ania Upstill
Ticket Rates: $20/$40/$80/$100
4pm - 6pm: Collaborators and Co-conspirators
Using Theatre of the Oppressed games and Aesthetics of the Oppressed techniques, form quick collaborations with other activists and artists!
This art party will provide an opportunity to build up your community and plan concrete next steps in your own actions toward revolution. As part of this event, you’ll have opportunities to create and share short-form collage, drawing, music/poetry, or performances responding to your own most pressing needs. Then, you’ll get to jump into art generating sessions with other attendees! Whether you're looking for new co-conspirators, seeking an entry point to change-making, or simply craving a deep dose of inspiration, this event will give you the opportunity to connect and collaborate.
Ticket Rates: $15/$25/$35/$45