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From upper left: Li Man-kuei, Charlotte von Stein, Estela Portillo-Trambley, Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu, Ntozake Shange, Marie-Catherine Desjardins, Hannah Brand (with eyes hidden: no known images of her), Mahasweta Devi, Susan Glaspell

Now Presenting: The 2023 Expand the Canon List

Learn about the plays and playwrights

As the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s folio, we are excited to share our own collection of 36 plays, celebrating 350 years of women playwrights. We’re also proud that our call to action – for theatres to embrace the legacies of women and non-binary writers through history – is being answered. This year we have 7 stellar partner companies highlighting this year’s 9 plays!

Today, we add 9 more plays to our celebrated classics:

• The Favorite Minister (1664)Verse play about the transactional nature of relationships, which was the first play by a woman performed for King Louis XIV

• Adelinda (1796)Irreverent class comedy with a gritty female lead

• A New System of Freedom (1798)Madcap Comedy of Errors with chaotic Gen-Z wit

• The Sons of Erin (1812)Plot-twist-filled farce with bold schemes to fight prejudice

• The Verge (1921)The lyric insight of Virginia Woolf meets the electric cruelty of Hedda Gabler

• Heaven Challenges (1943)Dramedy about reframing your life & learning to fall in love (with yourself) again

• Day of the Swallows (1971)Lush, poetic drama with a powerhouse queer heroine and an intersectional view of indigeneity

• Mother of 1084 (1973)Whirling political drama centering a mother’s feminist awakening

• Spell #7 (1979)Ensemble-lead choreopoem that explores the Black experience in the entertainment industry

Visit www.expandthecanon.com to learn more about the plays and playwrights!

Stay tuned for a season of celebrations and readings with our partners, beginning in 2024!

Expand the Canon is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

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