Only Make Believe (OMB) is a non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals, care facilities and special education programs throughout the New York and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas, free of charge to every site, family, and child.

OMB is dedicated to the principle that engaging a child’s imagination is a valuable part of healing and learning. Therefore, every child in our audience takes an active part in creating a world of fantasy and fun in order to transcend the boundaries of hospital walls.

The first OMB shows took place at the Rusk Institute’s Pediatric Unit at NYU Langone Medical Center and this past year we performed at 45 facilities/units in the New York metro area as well as 15 in and around Washington, D.C. In all, more than 77,188 children have starred in over 5,000 shows.