$20 presale, $25 at the door | 21+
Born from the sweaty basements and moonlit rooftops of Brooklyn, Papi Juice has grown into a global beacon of QTPOC joy. What began as a queer nightlife party became a sanctuary—a dance floor where gender bends, spirits lift, and the music pulses like a heartbeat. Its expansion beyond New York feels symbolic: liberation should not be confined to coastal cities. We deserve to dance, sweat, and be seen—everywhere. Cohosted by The Theater Offensive .
Papi Juice is an art collective that aims to affirm and celebrate the lives of queer and trans people of color. structured around our curated events, papi juice lives at the intersection of art, music, and nightlife. Born from the sweaty basements and moonlit rooftops of Brooklyn, Papi Juice has grown into a global beacon of QTPOC joy. What began as a queer nightlife party became a sanctuary—a dance floor where gender bends, spirits lift, and the music pulses like a heartbeat. Its expansion beyond New York feels symbolic: liberation should not be confined to coastal cities. We deserve to dance, sweat, and be seen—everywhere.
From the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance to house music at Paradise Garage in the ‘80s, New York City nightlife has historically focused on the innovation and experience of queer and trans people of color. Dance party collective Papi Juice — made up of resident DJs Oscar Nuñez and Adam Rhodes, along with artist Mohammed Fayaz — is dedicated to reclaiming this energy on dance floors everywhere.
Since Papi Juice’s inception in 2013, the collective has been changing the face of nightlife in New York City and beyond with intentional platforms for artists of color including panels, workshops, artist residencies, performances, and, of course, fabled DJ sets and all night parties. Papi Juice has featured artists like: Princess Nokia, MikeQ, Kindness, Juliana Huxtable, Asmara, Helado Negro, and Bbymutha. Papi Juice has also partnered with institutions like: The Brooklyn Museum, MoMA PS1, El Museo del Barrio, Creative Time, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Toronto Pride, Red Bull Music Academy, and many more.
The Theater Offensive (TTO) is more than a theater company — we are a Queer cultural institution, a living think tank, a spiritual studio, and a performance lab guided by and built for Queer and Trans people of Color (QTBIPOC).
Founded in 1989 through drag theater protest, TTO was born of defiance, grief, glamour, and radical kinship during the height of the AIDS crisis. Over three decades later, we remain committed to turning stages into sanctuaries, art into technology, and aesthetics into abolitionist tools. We don’t make theater for tolerance — we make theater for liberation.
Our art is not entertainment — it is memory, medicine, worldbuilding, and wholeness.
This event is made possible by the support of The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation.