TDF’s “Graduation Gift” program will return for a second year. The program offers a free one-year TDF membership to all graduating seniors from New York City public and charter high schools. The membership provides access to heavily discounted tickets for production on and Off-Broadway, as well as regionally.
Additionally, TDF will partner with the Broadway productions of “Hell’s Kitchen” and “SIX.” Every student who signs up for the TDF membership can enter a drawing for a chance to win a pair of complimentary tickets to the May 7, 7 p.m. performance of either “Hell’s Kitchen” at the Shubert Theatre or “SIX” at the Lena Horne Theatre. All tickets for both performances will be reserved for the winners.
Also on May 7, TDF will host an outdoor graduation celebration on the red steps of the TKTS Booth in Times Square. The event will include music, graduation photo and other activities to be announced.
“We are thrilled to be launching the second year of TDF’s Graduation Gift after a successful inaugural 2024,” said TDF vice president of programs Ginger Bartkoski Meagher, in a statement. “TDF believes that the theater belongs to all of us and that it’s every New Yorker’s birthright to have access to the amazing wealth of arts and culture in the City. Together with our continuing partners the New York City Public Schools Arts Office and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on Broadway, as well as our new partner ‘SIX’ on Broadway, we welcome the next generation of theatregoers with open arms!”
