Migration is not a metaphor. Even so, the experience of moving from one place to another in a fearful, militarized, increasingly xenophobic world has inspired writers to document, challenge, and reimagine that world. In these works and excerpts by five immigrant theatremakers—Gabriela Furtado Coutinho, Martyna Majok, Antu Yacob, Deniz Khateri, and Yussef El Guindi—we catch glimpses of beauty, confusion, defiance, and survival.