ETC 2021: List Drop

New Classics: They're here!

September 13, 2021

Here they are!

The 2021 Expand the Canon List...

Revealed!

If you want a scorned heroine who is determined to live in a revenge tragedy but accidentally finds herself in a comedy…If you’re looking for a fun rom-com where your wingman is a flock of wingwomen…If you’re looking for a clever class comedy by a Noel Coward contemporary…

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The Festival Continues...

Reading #1: A Happy Country by Maruxa Vilalta

Directed by Victoria Collado

In collaboration with SolFest

If you’re looking for an intimate family drama about how politics shape even our most private lives… consider this powerful portrait of love, protest, class, and voyeurism by a wonderful Hispanic woman playwright.

Sunday, September 19th

Premiere Party: 4 PM at Endswell in Fort Greene, Brooklyn (773 Fulton Street)

Streaming: Available September 20th -  September 22nd

 

Reading #2: Forging the Truth by Yang Jiang

Directed by Miranda Cornell

In partnership with Ma-Yi Theatre Company

If you were looking for a comedy like Crazy Rich Asians, but wish it showed the other half of the coin -- join us for this classic play by a Chinese playwright. Here, proposals go awry, your Dad keeps trying to manage your love life like a business, and the contrivances of traditional marriage rituals are put on blast.

Monday, September 20th

Premiere Party: 7 PM at Young Ethels in Gowanus, Brooklyn (506 Fifth Avenue)

Streaming Available September 21st - September 23rd

Reading #3: Foriwa by Efua T. Sutherland

directed by Goldie Patrick

In partnership with Classical Theatre of Harlem

If you're looking for a story of how an immigrant and a powerful woman can shake a community out of a slump, join us for this reading. Relatable across the globe, this sweet yet brave look into a slice of Ghanaian life shows what it takes to rebuild a community — hope, bravery, and open hearts.

Sunday, September 26th

Premiere Party: 4 PM at DSK Brooklyn in Fort Greene, Brooklyn (710 Fulton Street)

Streaming September 27th - September 29th

The Legacy Project Commission 

Directed by Emily Lyon

A new play commissioned by Hedgepig and written by Regina Robbins based on Mercy Otis Warren's 1770s play,

The Ladies of Castile.

Join us for the first public reading of this new play that explores when it’s time to take up arms to defend our rights, our personal duty to justice, and the cost of violence. Weaving verse written by Mercy Otis Warren through her modern dialogue play, this story leaves us pondering the layers of revolution that have come before. 

Monday, September 27th

In-person reading: 7 PM at Tiny Backyard Concerts (518 Sterling Place, Brooklyn)

Expand the Canon is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, both administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.

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