In this section, advocates and artists discuss the dangers faced by creative people in different situations around the world, from sexual harassment in rehearsal rooms to retaliation from governments in response to political art, and what we can do to protect them. Consider starting with Jessica Litwak’s 2018 series Artist Rights and Safety.
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For Palestinian Theatremakers, the Future Is a Dangerous Question
by Bayan Shbib
31 March 2026
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Guarding the Future of International Artistic Exchange at the 2025 IPC Convening
The Writing the Future workshop intended to create space where young Palestinian theatremakers’ could articulate their own precarity through monologue and solo performance. But its focus on futurity, Bayan Shbib writes, gave way to a harsher, clearer, and more necessary insistence on presence.
In May 2025, the International Presenting Commons (IPC) convened to discuss the state of international cultural exchange. Munroe Forbes Shearer reports on the convening, which pursued questions, resources, and actions to continue international work amid Trump administration policy shifts that threaten to disrupt it.
This series highlights the work that is being done around artist rights and safety in the theatre world, in the hopes that we can ignite dialogue, spark further exploration, and encourage more people to get involved in this growing field.
