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For Better or for Worse: Benefits, Bureaucracies and Brides

11 November 2025 | 6 - 7:30PM 651 Arts, 10 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

An interactive event of how community members navigate the pitfalls and surprises of benefits, and how people find accessible support from communities and institutions.

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About this Event

A Forum Theatre performance by the actors of the Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Housing Works Troupe, the shows is an interactive event. We will invite our audience to a discussion of how community members navigate the pitfalls and surprises of benefits, and how people find accessible support from communities and institutions. The scenes will show New Yorkers dealing with tensions in their households over choices between protecting or risking their access to necessary health and housing benefits.

Admission is free and open to all

About Theatre of the Oppressed

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC partners with communities facing discrimination to inspire transformative action through theatre.