 NYC PAND members and sponsors purportedly included notable figures in the New York performing arts community including Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Colleen Dewhurst, and Joseph Papp.In 1983, the New York City PAND chapter sponsored series of traveling theatrical performances intended to provoke a dialogue about nuclear disarmament across New York State.Dubbing themselves a "caravan," artists and artist collectives including Emily Mann, Joanne Akalaitis, Ben Maddow, Paul Zaloom, Rebecca Wells, the Talking Band, and the Bread and Puppet Theater staged events as part of the PAND "road show" at cafes and college theaters in several cities including Schenectady and Saratoga Springs.