WOW began in 1980 as an international women’s theatre festival! Here we Keep you up to date on all the shows at WOW Cafe Theatre in NYC! WOW café theater is a women and transgender theater collective in NYC's East Village, which promotes the empowerment of women and/or transgender people through the performing arts. WOW Café Theater is a women's theater collective in NYC's East Village, which promotes the empowerment of women through the performing arts.Historically, WOW has been a majority lesbian space. WOW welcomes the full participation of all women and transpeople in solidarity with women. WOW especially welcomes women and transpeople of color, and women and trans people who identify as lesbians, bisexual and queer. We provide a working theater space to our members & the technical support to create and produce works, regardless of economic status.We acknowledge the links between different kinds of oppressions and strive to be open to all sexualities and spiritualities, to be multilingual and intergenerational, and to challenge all oppressions including racism, classism, ableism, sexism, ageism, and sizeism. Our weekly Tuesday meeting and collective governance structure provide a space for artists to share their ideas, facilitate the exchange of labor and knowledge, and realize their creative visions.