NET accepts the responsibility to be mindful of the challenges in working respectfully and effectively within a culturally diverse membership and society. In this regard, NET is guided by the following values:

Collaboration

NET promotes and celebrates an infinite range of collaborative relationships among ensembles, artists, presenters, audiences, communities, and more.

Inclusion

NET is committed to inclusion with regard to place, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical/mental/sensory disability, aesthetic orientation, age of individuals and ensembles, class, and cultural heritage.

Transparency

NET values making its own creative and organizational processes transparent to its members and the interested public, taking advantage of public dialogue, communication media, and open artistic practices.

Excellence

The processes and practices of creating ensemble theater can result in outstanding performing art and transformative community experiences. NET uses its aggregated resources to encourage excellence in the creation and presentation of ensemble work.

Respect

NET accepts the responsibility to be mindful of the challenges in working respectfully and effectively within a culturally diverse membership and society

Active Engagement:

NET actively seeks to engage with ensembles from historically excluded and/or underserved communities.

Knowledge Building

NET understands that all ensemble projects and strategies, past and present, combine to constitute a body of knowledge. NET is committed to developing this body of knowledge and transmitting the legacy of ensemble practice and culture to current and future generations of artists.