Based on the American Theatre and Drama Society’s States/Stages of Emergency symposium in 2024, this Note from the Field addresses contemporary attacks on DEI pedagogy, international and undocumented students, LGBTQ+ rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and tenure in the United States. The coauthors, principally theatre and performance studies educators-scholars-artists working in Republican-controlled states, offer a toolkit of strategies, including refusing to obey in advance, attending to the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law, and acting in solidarity.