TheInternationalists.org is being rebuilt as an independent editorial resource about international theatre, cross-cultural collaboration, and performance across borders. This page distinguishes the present publication from the earlier theatre collective associated with the domain and explains how that history informs our research.
The name has an established theatrical background. A historical programme page records that The Internationalists directors’ collective formed in June 2007 after its participants met through the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Its documented activities included collaborative performances, workshops, playwriting initiatives, and exchanges between artists working in different countries. theinternationalists
A Theatre Without Borders announcement published on 1 May 2008 described the collective’s educational workshops and directed readers to theinternationalists.org. That contemporary reference connects the domain with the earlier organisation’s public activities. Theatre Without Borders
The collective’s historical programme record includes Around the World, Which Direction Home, and Hotel Project. These projects offer examples of cross-border collaboration, interpretations developed by multiple directors, and experiments with performance settings and audience relationships. Their dates, participants, and contexts belong to the history of the artists and organisations involved. theinternationalists
The present editorial project has its own purpose and responsibilities. Its focus is accessible reference writing, practical explanations, source-based histories, and resources for readers investigating theatre across languages and places. It does not present itself as a revival of the earlier collective or claim that collective’s founding date as the publication’s own.
The continued use of a domain should not be understood as evidence of continuity in personnel, governance, membership, programmes, or institutional support. References to former members, venues, funders, or collaborators describe historical relationships where sources support them. Any current partnership or organisational relationship involving this publication will be identified explicitly.
The earlier collective’s productions, achievements, and creative work remain attributable to their original participants. We do not count those activities as projects produced by the current editorial publication. Similarly, historical accounts of residencies, awards, or institutional associations should be understood within the period and project to which they refer.
Our historical coverage is research-based. Contemporary announcements, production programmes, institutional records, artists’ accounts, and independent reporting can help reconstruct a project’s development. Each source has limits. An announcement records what was planned at a particular moment; further evidence may be needed to establish what subsequently took place.
Where records disagree, our editorial aim is to identify the difference and explain what the available evidence supports. An incomplete online record is not sufficient grounds to declare that a project ended, that an artist left an organisation, or that a partnership continued. Unverified gaps should remain visible.
The rebuild also does not imply that all previous website material has been recovered or that this publication holds a complete institutional archive. Newly written historical accounts should be distinguishable from quotations, reproduced documents, and other source material. Surviving external pages can provide useful evidence without becoming records created or controlled by this website.
Respect for attribution guides that work. The availability of an old photograph, script, programme, or webpage does not itself establish permission to republish it. Our standards call for appropriate permissions, clear credits, and descriptions that identify the relevant production, creator, and context.
Editorial independence also means explaining why material appears here. Coverage of an artist, organisation, festival, or resource reflects its relevance to the subject being discussed. A mention or external link does not, on its own, indicate endorsement, sponsorship, or participation in the current project.
Readers and people connected with the earlier collective are welcome to suggest sources or raise concerns about historical coverage. Please use the Contact page and identify the relevant article, statement, or image. A dated programme, contemporaneous announcement, or other supporting record can help a correction be assessed carefully.
The rebuilt TheInternationalists.org approaches this history with acknowledgement and clear attribution while developing its own editorial work. Its contribution is to help readers investigate how theatre is created, exchanged, and understood across borders.