Negotiating Migration in European Theater in/beyond “Thinking-as-Usual”

First, this contribution discusses “thinking-as-usual” in connection with to- day’s migration dilemma in Europe as the manifestation of a crisis from the per- spective of “social drama.” Secondly, the present contribution seeks to question the discourse of “thinking-as-usual” and its performative character as observable units shaping perceptions and staging strategies in some contemporary theater and performance productions in Europe. Thirdly, it analyzes the response-ability and potentiality of some other theater and performance arts which productively address structures of belonging and exclusion stemming from “thinking-as-usual.” Finally, this analysis explores how de-essentializing epistemological approaches of European artistic habits can productively impact the negotiation of otherness and migration in the theater and performing arts.