TDF Membership Qualifications
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Member Categories
Our deeply discounted tickets are only available to select groups. To qualify for TDF membership, you must provide proof of eligibility.* Please email a photo or PDF of your qualifying documentation (see below) to POE@tdf.org along with your full name and member ID#. If you’re renewing, please include your member ID#. Existing members must recertify eligibility every four years.
While email is preferred, proof of eligibility can also be mailed to:
TDF
ATTN: Proof of Eligibility (POE)
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 801
New York, NY 10018
*Please note: If you do not provide proof of eligibility, you will still be responsible for all charges associated with your membership fee.
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Student
You must verify that you are currently enrolled, full-time, in a high school, college, graduate school or drama, music or dance program. Please send a copy of a current student ID with current semester validation. If your school does not validate your student ID with the date, you may submit a copy of your current transcript. Please edit out or obscure any sensitive information.
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Teacher or school staff
You must verify that you are currently employed full-time as a teacher for a primary, junior high or high school, a university/college, or full-time as a teacher of drama, music or dance. Please send a copy of a current and dated employee ID or a signed and dated letter from your HR department on official letterhead.
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30 and under
You must verify that you are 30 years of age or under. Please send a copy of a valid driver’s license or similar document. Edit out or obscure any sensitive information.
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Union member
Please send a copy of a current and dated union ID card or a signed and dated letter from your union administrator on official letterhead.
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Individual on federal disability
The TDF membership program does not provide accessibility services such as the ability to fill specific seating needs, open captions, audio description, ASL interpretation, etc. For individuals who require specific seats or accessibility services due to a disability, learn more about TDF Accessibility Programs (TAP) by clicking the button below. For proof of eligibility, please submit any relevant paperwork, doctor’s note, copy of an MTA MetroCard for people with disabilities, or any other equivalent ID.
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Retiree
You must verify that you are 62 or over AND no longer working. Please submit a copy of your driver’s license along with a copy of an official pension or retirement letter from your former employer or retirement/pension fund provider. If you do not have a pension or retirement letter, TDF accepts a copy of a pension, retirement benefits or Social Security benefits pay stub, or a copy of your Medicare card. Please edit out or obscure any sensitive information.
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Government employee or civil servant
Please send a copy of a current and dated employment ID or a signed and dated letter from your HR department on official letterhead.
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Not-for-profit staff
Please send a copy of a current and dated ID or a signed and dated letter from HR department on official letterhead.
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Worker eligible for overtime pay
This category is for full-time hourly workers (40 hours a week) who are eligible for overtime pay. Please send a signed and dated letter from your HR department on official letterhead verifying your status as a non-exempt worker.
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Artist or arts professional
Please send a copy of current and dated union card, current Playbill, etc. You may also provide us with a link to your professional website.
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Member of the armed forces or veteran
Please send documentation of your current (or veteran) status in the U.S. Armed Forces. Please edit out or obscure any sensitive information.
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Freelancer or self-employed
Eligible workers must verify that they are not full-time salaried employees of a company or organization. To do this, please fill out the simple freelancer verification form below, and then send it back to us by any of the methods described above.
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Clergy
Please send a copy of a current and dated organization ID verifying your full-time employment at your institution. In lieu of an ID, you may submit a signed and dated letter from your religious institution verifying your employment.
Don’t Qualify?
If you do not fit into any of the above categories but feel your circumstances warrant special consideration for joining TDF, please send a short email explaining to info@tdf.org.
The Fine Print
Seating
Seats for discounted tickets can be anywhere in the theatre. We cannot guarantee or honor any special seating request (seating locations are determined by the box office and exchanges are not possible). If you have specific seating requirements due to a disability, please contact TDF accessibility services.
TKTS
The inventory available online through TDF membership is not the same as that available at the TKTS Ticket Booths. Being a member of TDF does not provide any special services at any of the TKTS Ticket Booths and one does not have to be a TDF member to make purchases at any of our booths.
Compliance
Our ticket services are for TDF members only. Members must be in attendance (along with guests) at each performance. Many theatres require the TDF member to show a current photo ID along with proof of purchase before releasing a member’s tickets. TDF tickets are not for resale. Continued use of TDF’s membership program is contingent upon members’ compliance with all policies set forth by TDF and the individual theatres. Late seating is always at the discretion of the theatre’s management. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges are possible, nor can TDF replace lost tickets.
TKTS
The price printed on your ticket will not be the amount you paid. Sometimes the printed price will be more than you paid because TDF is subsidizing the cost of your ticket by giving extra money to theatres to encourage new productions of artistic merit. Sometimes the printed price on the ticket will be slightly less than you paid, because a small service fee on each ticket supports TDF’s ongoing efforts to subsidize more new productions and support arts education, accessibility and outreach. Any way you look at it, you’re receiving an incredible savings by buying tickets through TDF.
