Join us for an evening offering of food and Theatre of the Oppressed games, part of Get Rooted: A Community Showcase. Hang out in between shows to get to know TONYC actors, staff, and audience members! A selection of wraps will be available for attendees to eat.

Note about tickets: While Theatre of the Oppressed NYC is offering Choose-What-You-Pay tickets to this event, we invite you to make a donation after RSVPing if you are able. All donations support our work, paying for rehearsal and performance spaces, transportation, actor and Joker salaries, props and costumes, and so much more. You can make a contribution here.

The cost of running a single Forum Theatre Troupe is $36,000 per cycle! This means that if we sold 100 forum performance tickets at $360 each, we could fund the full cycle of a single Troupe — and that’s before factoring in the costs that support our administrative staff, office space, and more. TONYC runs 12 play-building cycles annually, which are funded primarily through grants, allowing us to keep tickets free while paying actors and Jokers, covering transportation costs, buying props and costumes, and doing everything else that makes our shows happen!

Historically, TONYC has been primarily supported through grants. In the past four years, operational expenses have drastically increased, but our funding has not. While TONYC has an abundance of community enthusiasm for our work, we still need $400,000 of funding in 2024. A donation of any amount will support our organization through a shifting funding landscape.

COVID policy: For this event, we ask that attendees please complete a rapid antigen or PCR test within 24 hours before removing masks to eat and drink. Please bring a timestamped photo of your negative test result. If needed, tests will be provided onsite.