TEAM SHOUTOUT

Artistic Director Emily Lyon named

Barbara Whitman Award Finalist

Congratulations Emily!

Our incredible leader, Emily Lyon, was honored recently as a finalist for the Barbara Whitman Award through the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. Selected through a multi-round process, the comittees for this award selected just four finalists and one winner for this prestigious award. We are so proud that her work was recognized with this honor. Way to go, Emily!

About the Award:

The Barbara Whitman Award at Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) is given annually to a woman, trans, or non-binary director who has developed a clear and distinctive artistic voice and demonstrated unique vision in their theatrical work. 

Learn More about the Barbara Whitman Award and this year’s winner and finalists on the SDCF Website

Read on to hear Emily Lyon on Expand the Canon’s podcast - THIS IS A CLASSIC

Listen in as Emily Lyon and Skye Pagon discuss two classics from the ETC List and why they are timely, produceable, and AWESOME on This is a Classic: The Expand the Canon Theatre Podcast.

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Pleasure 

by Rachilde  

Three Women

by Sylvia Plath

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