Dayna Hanson

A Note On Ticket Prices

The Chocolate Factory Theater now offers a tiered ticketing price structure, with the goal of remaining accessible to every person who wishes to attend our events while acknowledging the very real value of the service – namely, artistic and administrative labor – that a ticket purchase represents.

We ask that you select the option that best reflects your individual circumstances. This is not a “pay what you wish” scenario; rather, it’s “pay as much as your circumstances allow”. For context: in the absence of outside funding, a true cost ticket to a Chocolate Factory performance would be $275.

Our tiered options are as follows:

1. $0 (free admission)
2. $35 (base price – the equivalent of one hour of labor for a lead artist, performer, design collaborator or technician)
3. $25
4. $15
5. $50
6. $100
7. $275 (true cost ticket)

Our intention here is not to create walled gardens or tiers of access based on monetary status; we’re merely trying to make our practice – of paying artists, technicians and administrative staff a fair wage (more than 80% of our annual budget goes to labor, fyi) – more sustainable (or truthfully, less unsustainable), while remaining (we hope!) accessible and welcoming to all.

As a ticket buyer, you’ll receive the same experience regardless of the price you pay. It’s general admission for everyone.

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Event will take place at The Chocolate Factory Theater, 38-33 24th Street, Long Island City.

Dayna Hanson and collaborating performers Jim Fletcher, Jim Kent, Heather Kravas and Julia Sloane are working on Hugely Amplified Present, a new dance work made of new, old and unfinished parts.

Hugely Amplified Present is supported by a 2026 Creative Capital Award.