WOW Cafe

WOW began as an international women's theatre festival in October of 1980. Over the course of eleven days, 36 shows from 8 countries were performed for hungry New York lesbians. Within 18 months the group had a permanent space at 330 e. eleventh street, where they started the monster that is WOW today: a year-round festival of women's and transgender peoples' performance. In 1984 (or thereabouts) WOW moved to the 1400ft loft space that we inhabit today at 59-61 E fourth street.