OCTOBER 3-22, 2024

The Other Side of Silence (TOSOS)
presents a mini-tour of

DORIC WILSON’S STREET THEATER

OCTOBER 3-22, 2024

3-5 OCT 2024
The Center
208 West 13th Street, NYC

8-9 OCT 2024
The Stonewall Inn
53 Christopher Street, NYC

17-22 OCT 2024
The Flea Theater
20 Thomas Street, NYC

THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE IS…FIFTY!

MON 30 SEP @ Red Eye NY

WHAT A NIGHT!!!

We brought our TOSOS community together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding in 1974.

We were honored to receive three proclamations from the offices of NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, NYS Assembly Member Tony Simone and NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher!

We were graced with the presence of Chanel Lopez, Deputy Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs in the Office of Governor Kathy Hochul and NYS Assembly Member Landon Dais!

We bestowed the TOSOS Honors Award on our longtime artistic director Mark Finley and managing director Barry Childs, who revived TOSOS in 2002 with the sole surviving original founder, playwright Doric Wilson. They’ve kept the company going for the last 22 years!

We had a blast coming together to salute the company’s place in LGBTQIA+ history, theatre history, New York City history — and all the intersections therein!

Please help us keep the fire burning!
Donate directly to TOSOS!

CHESLEY/CHAMBERS PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT
presents a reading of

BURNING LEAVES

by TOM ROWAN

Directed by GRAYDON GUND

In need of a fresh start, Matt Leland, a young actor on the run from New York, takes a job teaching at a small high school in the Midwest—where he finds himself feeling unprepared for the unexpected challenges that await. His most talented student is Jesse Wade, a troubled sixteen-year-old on the verge of coming out. Isolated in the small conservative town, Jesse desperately needs a gay role model—and other things Matt may or may not be able to provide. Burning Leaves is a humorous, compassionate play that asks serious questions about education, friendship, and love.

The Other Side of Silence (TOSOS) celebrates writers — the chroniclers of our diverse collective history — and serves as a curator of the LGBTQ+ theatrical timeline by keeping our theatrical heritage alive and in conversation with the playwrights of today.

Through our mainstage productions and our free reading series, our audiences — and especially our LGBTQ+ youth — can hear the voices of both the past and the present to learn how far we’ve come (or not) as a community. They are given the opportunity to understand the generations who came before us, what life was like for them, and how they fought for the rights and freedoms we have today. At the same time, we give the stage to the writers of the present day who help us understand the continued struggles and incremental triumphs of our community and give us perspective on our collective progress.

Community is big for us. With great joy and good humor, we bring our TOSOS family together at social events like our free play readings and holiday parties. We discuss and debate the art we showcase — to learn from each other and build respect and understanding — and have lots of laughs!

At TOSOS, we embrace our differences. As an LGBTQ+ theater company, we value the diversity of artistic, cultural and life perspectives our artists bring to our stages. As storytellers, we champion the voices that aren’t being heard. As people, we strive toward equality, toward a world where everyone is welcome to the party. Join us!