Values
In the process, we value human needs being our compass. Process over product. We are about the people, the art, and the work providing fulfillment. We want inspiration and respect.
In the process we value open communication and practice naming intentions. We explain decisions made for those who weren’t part of the decision process to minimize miscommunication and honor our impulses by being responsible for all consequences that may follow.
In the process we believe that art is activism. The power of theatre is a priceless privilege that requires attention and consideration. As artists, it is our duty to listen to and uplift the communities that our art reaches.
In the process we value queerness, you know the gay stuff!
In the process we value owning the fuck up. There’s no extra time or energy for separating the human from their art as an excuse for poor behavior.
In the process we value our home and encourage each other to minimize waste and maximize resources already in use. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle– YUM!
In the process we value generating systems that navigate harm. Systems– whether generated by the artist involved or borrowed from preexisting practices, must champion justice and care for the harmed.
In the process we value experimentations with spectacle. We will push forward GenZ Theatre, Transmedia Art, Camp, and yet to be named artistic schools of thought. Spectacle is an evolving concept, and we are part of the reason it will evolve.
In the process we value citations! We go beyond ourselves for inspiration for our work. Therefore, clear citations and acknowledgment of work(s) that inspire us are a must.
In the process we embrace the intersections of identities. All identities: racial, gender, religious, sexuality, class, disability, geographical, philosophical, political; inform how we view and navigate the world. A process that celebrates and reflects the lives of those involved in the work is represented on the stage.
In the process, we value a balance in creating art that is anti-capitalist in a capitalist society. Art is not a luxury. Everyone deserves pay for the hours poured into projects, and we recognize that balancing this value with our company structure renders us CURRENTLY unable to always fully pay artist what is truly deserved. Nevertheless, we strive to honor everyone’s time, including the audience and look forward to updating this value to be a statement of our practice rather than a promise.
Do Process is a part of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
We, Do Process, as a theatre company involved in promotion of culture as a tool for liberation, endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) call and affirm our support for and commitment to the growing international movement for Palestinian rights and for justice, equality, and freedom for all. We commit to respecting the principles PACBI, which, inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, urges international cultural workers and cultural organizations, including unions and associations, to boycott and/or work towards the cancellation of events, activities, agreements, or projects involving Israel, its lobby groups or its complicit cultural institutions.
Israel uses culture to cover up its grave violations of international law. Israel’s cultural institutions are part and parcel of the ideological and institutional scaffolding of Israel’s regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid against the Palestinian people. These institutions are clearly implicated, through their silence or active participation, in supporting, justifying and whitewashing Israel’s occupation and systematic denial of Palestinian rights.
We refuse to be complicit in a culture of impunity, power abuse and human rights violations. Because we want to be the change that we want to see in the world, we want this cultural space to be free from oppression, violence, racism and sex, gender, class, ethnic, religious or any other kind of discrimination.
As PACBI endorsers:
- We refuse to participate in any kind of cultural event organized in apartheid Israel.
- We refuse to participate in any kind of cultural event organized with the support of complicit Israeli private or public institutions or Israeli lobby groups.
- We refuse to engage in the normalization of relations with a regime of oppression, dispossession and racism.
- We reject funding and any form of sponsorship from the Israeli government, complicit Israeli public institutions or Israeli lobby groups for the development of our cultural activities.
We recognize that all our struggles for social, racial, gender, and economic justice and for self-determination are deeply interconnected and can only gain strength and power from mutual support and transnational solidarity. Acknowledging Do Process as committed to the PACBI call allows us to take a step further in the fight for decolonization in this world and stand on the right side of history.
