MENATMA 2026 Convening Registration Now Open

Registration for our Fall 2026 Convening is live!

Join us at “Protecting Dissent: Celebrating Voices from the Middle East,” the MENA Theater Makers Alliance 2026 Fall Convening. Presented on October 23-25, 2026 in San Francisco, this national gathering provides an essential opportunity to network, strategize, and celebrate with MENA and SWANA artists, activists, and scholars from around the country. Don’t miss your chance to join this spirited opportunity to share stories, learn about fellow cultures, and discover new ways of collaborating and honing our skills.

Presented in conjunction with Golden Thread Productions’s ReOrient 2026 Festival, this year’s Convening focuses on an essential question: “How do we protect dissent today?” As theater makers, we must uplift and defend the voices of artists in our community, who are boldly expressing truths in a time of growing censorship and suppression. 

Following MENATMA’s groundbreaking MENA Theater Makers Fund announcement earlier this year, the Convening will feature and celebrate the 18 awardees who represent some of the most impactful MENA and SWANA voices working in American Theatre today. 

Register for the Convening today!

Protecting Dissent is co-produced by MENATMA, Art2Action, and Golden Thread Productions.