TDF Membership Qualifications

Please send a copy of current and dated union card, current Playbill, etc. You may also provide us with a link to your professional website.

Please send a copy of a current and dated organization ID verifying your full-time employment at your institution. In lieu of an ID, you may submit a signed and dated letter from your religious institution verifying your employment.

You must verify that you are currently employed full-time as a teacher for a primary, junior high or high school, a university/college, or full-time as a teacher of drama, music or dance. Please send a copy of a current and dated employee ID or a signed and dated letter from your HR department on official letterhead.

You must verify that you are currently enrolled, full-time, in a high school, college, graduate school or drama, music or dance program. Please send a copy of a current student ID with current semester validation. If your school does not validate your student ID with the date, you may submit a copy of your current transcript. Please edit out or obscure any sensitive information.

You must verify that you are 30 years of age or under. Please send a copy of a valid driver’s license or similar document. Edit out or obscure any sensitive information.

Please send a copy of a current and dated union ID card or a signed and dated letter from your union administrator on official letterhead.

You must verify that you are 62 or over AND no longer working. Please submit a copy of your driver's license along with a copy of an official pension or retirement letter from your former employer or retirement/pension fund provider. If you do not have a pension or retirement letter, TDF accepts a copy of a pension, retirement benefits or Social Security benefits pay stub, or a copy of your Medicare card. Please edit out or obscure any sensitive information.

The TDF Membership Program does not provide accessibility services such as the ability to fill specific seating needs, open captions, audio description, ASL interpretation, etc. For individuals who require specific seats or accessibility services due to a disability, learn more about the TDF Accessibility Program. For proof of eligibility, please submit any relevant paperwork, doctor's note, copy of a MTA MetroCard for people with disabilities, or any other equivalent ID.

Please send a copy of a current and dated employment ID or a signed and dated letter from your HR department on official letterhead.

Please send a copy of a current and dated ID or a signed and dated letter from HR department on official letterhead.

This category is for full-time hourly workers (40 hours a week) who are eligible for overtime pay. Please send a signed and dated letter from your HR department on official letterhead verifying your status as a non-exempt worker.

Please send documentation of your current (or veteran) status in the U.S. Armed Forces. Please edit out or obscure any sensitive information.

Eligible workers must verify that they are not full-time salaried employees of a company or organization. To do this, please fill out this simple freelancer verification form and send it back to us by any of the methods described above.