Welcome to ETC in Action Month!

We know you love theater, you care about our mission, yet you may not know how to be part of the change we’re fighting for. During ETC Action Month, you can take clear steps towards expanding the canon in your life or community. All month long there will be ways to participate in Expand the Canon campaigns for actors, educators, readers, and theatre lovers!

How to Take Action

#1 - ETC Rewind

Take action through learning and amplification while celebrating 6 years of Expand the Canon!

  • FOLLOW Expand the Canon on social media (@etcclassics)

  • LEARN about an Expand the Canon playwright

  • SHARE Expand the Canon with a friend or colleague who will support our mission

#2 - ETC Reads

Theater Lovers, Makers, and Educators: Be disgustingly well read by accessing Bold Stroke for a Husband by Hannah Cowley for FREE all month 📖

AND/OR

Actors: Expand your audition repertoire with 4 free, curated monologues from Expand the Canon plays & participate in our monologue challenge 🎭

#3 - ETC Rallies

📆 March 30 at 5:00pm on Zoom

Join us digitally for a panel discussion to hear from educators, theater professionals, and actors on the impact of Expand the Canon and how to build a more radically inclusive canon for coming of age theater makers, audience members, and beyond.

PLUS 😉

📆 March 18 from 5:30-8:00pm

NMWA Nights at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.

Six monologues from Expand the Canon plays have been selected for pop-up performances throughout the galleries at the museum. Featuring monologues from plays by Ntozake Shange, Lesya Ukrainka, Amelia Pincherle Rosselli & more! Reserve Your Spot

Are you dizzy with all of the ways to take action? 😵‍💫 🌀

Choose just one to commit to this month! You can Expand Your Way, as long as we all keep expanding the canon together!

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