Theatre Development Fund Inc

Programs: Theatre centersthe tkts ticket booths support tdf's mission of encouraging and enabling diverse audiences to attend theatre and dance. The tkts booths, starting in 1973 with one and at june 30, 2015 numbering three, sell approximately 1,500,000 same-day discounted tickets annually to broadway and off-broadway theatre and dance performances. Tkts enables theatregoers who can't afford full price tickets to attend theatre, which in turn increases attendance significantly.

ticket distribution programthe membership program also supports tdf's mission of encouraging and enabling diverse audiences to attend theatre and dance. Annually tdf makes possible the sale of approximately 700,000 deeply-discounted tickets to broadway, off-broadway, and off-off broadway theatre and dance performances to over 100,000 tdf members, who qualify for membership by certifying that they belong to one of eight categories making them eligible for discounted tickets.

education programthe education program builds audiences for the theatre by introducing young people to live theatre and preparing them to engage as audiences. Approximately 8,300 new york city public school children are brought to theatre and dance performances annually at no cost to the schools or students, and in addition these young people participate in classroom workshops, post-performance discussions and playwrighting workshops designed to enhance and contextualize their experience. Tdf also publishes an on-line blog, written by and for teenagers, about theatre in new york city.

costume collection, accessibilty programs, leagues' special projects, web services, marketing, research & audience development.