Header image: Zackary Drucker.

1. This is not a manifesto; This is a manifestation; An affirmation; And an impossibility;
2. There are many types of theatre; Many right types of theatre; Many powerful, potent, glorious types of theatre; This is just one; 
3. And this one, is just for us;
4. And by us, and near us, and about us;
5. This is a TRANifesto;
6. No one is surprised;
7. A tranifesto is a tool for trans folk, a connection, a beacon;
8. Cis folk are not the owners of this work, nor the critics; they are welcome here as amplifiers, as witnesses, and as co-conspirators;
9. A trans art does not have to be about being trans (ugh), but even when things aren't about being trans, they still are;
10. This document is written with stolen words (in bold);
11. And stolen ideas;
12. And new ideas;
13. And maybe a few new words;
14. Because I believe in knowing your lineage;
15. And discovering every piece of history and art we can;
16. Because this lineage is ours;
17. Because ours is bodies and witnesses and movement and silences and blackness and whiteness and power and histories and futurity and nakedness and alienation and inclusion and abilities and revolutions and;
18. Because they are all part of one truth;
19. These are pieces of that truth;