Steven Wendt

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. $35 (base price – the equivalent of one hour of labor for a lead artist, performer, design collaborator or technician)
2. $25
3. $15
4. $50
5. $100
6. $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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Performances will take place at The Chocolate Factory Theater, 38-33 24th Street, Long Island City.

Loosely using Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, scientist Steven will dive into the world of exploring how shadows and sounds can match up to make feelings happen. A flashlight is actually a movie camera and movie projector combined. How do we see images? Do the sounds guide the feelings we have? Our TV and phone screens use this combo of sound and image all the time to create what we think is reality but isn’t real reality more fun? Let’s prove it.

All ages are welcome, especially ages 5 – 12 yrs old, as we dive into a sensory rich, imaginative and surprising new way to be in the “real”.