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Joker and Executive Director at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, theater-maker.

Sulu has worked with TONYC since 2011 as a Joker, facilitating Forum Theatre Troupes at the Ali Forney Center, Hetrick-Martin Institute, the Staten Island Youth Justice Center, and CASES Queens Justice Corps. As former Program Director, they supported the planning for TONYC's Forum Theatre Troupes, the organization's workshops, and the joker team's training in & investigation of Theatre of the Oppressed. Alongside Liz Morgan and Katy Rubin, Sulu is co-author of The Wildcard Workbook: A Practical Guide to Facilitating Forum Theatre. Sulu has been a Brooklyn-based theater artist and physical theater performer since 2003, enthralled with making ensemble-devised work. They are co-founder of Pack of Others, have performed with the South Wing, in the premiere of Mac Wellman's 3 2's and Afar, and worked with ensembles including Blessed Unrest, East Third Ensemble, Aeolian Theater, Denver's LIDA Project and Seattle's Nebunele Theatre.

The cover of a book called The Wildcard Workbook: A Practical Guide for Jokering Forum Theatre. It is purple and yellow.
Essay

The Wildcard Workbook: Why Forum Theatre and Why Now?

15 November 2022

Theatremakers Sulu LeoNimm, Liz Morgan, and Katy Rubin discuss the process of co-authoring The Wildcard Workbook, a guide designed to help others in the field delve into Theatre of the Oppressed practices and devised theatre processes.

Essay

Working With(In) Communities/ Trabajando Con y Para la Comunidad

Modeling Decolonized Practices/Las Practicas Hacia La Descolonización

31 May 2018

Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian talks with representatives of organizations which are intentionally working towards decolonized practices.

A group of people dance in front of a screen.
Essay

What Makes a Theatre an “Apartheid Free Zone”?

29 April 2026

The Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ) campaign is a form of nonviolent action aimed to end complicity with apartheid Israel. In this interview, Theater Workers for a Ceasefire joins representatives of the first three AFZ theatres to discuss the role of theatre in the international struggle for peace and justice. 

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