Summary
Organization name
zAmya Theater Project
Tax id (EIN)
83-2374869
Categories
Arts & Culture , Community
Address
3501 CHICAGO AVEMINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407
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zAmya Theater Project uses the powerful combination of lived experience(s) and artistic expression to create a community that works for housing justice for all.
Read our 2025 Annual Report
Building a Place of Belonging, Together
The data surrounding housing insecurity can feel overwhelming. In Minnesota, a single night sees more than 8,000 individuals experiencing homelessness—a reality that forces people to focus entirely on day-to-day survival.
Behind every number is a human being with a story and a unique voice that deserves to be heard.
Our hearts broke when Lameck, a creative workshop participant, told us, “We spend most of the day alone.” Just getting to the zAmya workshop took real effort: traveling from the shelter, crossing downtown with a cane, and pushing past the weight of the life he left behind in Kenya to start a new one here.
And yet, after the workshop, he told us: “It’s nice to come here and be together with people.”
Creative Expressions Sessions "Shareformance"
Your support turns "homeless" from a statistic back into a person—living, breathing, laughing, and creating.
zAmya’s mission is to address the disconnection and stigmatization of homelessness. Participants cite joy, fun, relief, expression, advocacy, and healing as reasons for attending. They act in entertaining, original productions that are guaranteed to change your mind, if not your life.
Please make a gift today to ensure that people like Lameck have a place to go, a community to create with, and a reminder that they are never alone.
Thank you for being part of the zAmFam—and for making this work possible.
Polarized Theater of the Oppressed Training
More about zAmya Theater Project
Since our founding in 2004, zAmya has impacted over 25,000 people through 313 performances and 340 workshops in locations ranging from boardrooms, to parks, to world-class facilities like the Guthrie Theater. In addition to creating and touring original theater, zAmya offers custom designed creative learning opportunities for companies, schools, shelters, and other organizations.zAmya Theater Project employs a troupe of performers with lived experience of homelessness. The Troupe actively develops creative, leadership, and facilitation capacity as they co-lead workshops and productions for other participants. Each Troupe member brings 2-12 years of involvement and experience in comedy, creative writing, choral singing, composition, and spoken word. The Troupe is involved throughout the organization in all levels of planning, including two rotating positions on the Board of Directors and board committees.
If you prefer to donate by check, please make them out to zAmya Theater Project and mail to 3501 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407.
Organization Data
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407