How did we Expand the Canon in 2025?
Check out some of the coolest data from this year ⬇
For a small team with no full-time staff, we:
had 20+ ways to engage audiences with these plays this year
5 NYC Events
4 Universities teaching these plays*
4 Staged Readings with
5 Full Performances of ETC plays across the country
& other fruitful partnerships including
PLUS we continued our beloved podcast series, which was downloaded 2,413 times this year.
In 2025, over 120 artists worked on Expand the Canon texts.
Thousands of audience members got to experience them – a conservative estimate is over 7,000!
But productions & events are only one part of how we are expanding the canon
Research by the #’s 🤩
This year, we focused on Research rather than Reading.
This was our biggest Research Team to date!
We had 14 researchers – and they've done incredible work for us.
Thank you to everyone who was a part of the many ways that we expanded the canon this year 💟
What does ETC have in store for 2026?
In case you missed it, check out our Winter/Spring Season Announcement and catch our partnerships with The Acting Company, American Shakespeare Center, The National Museum of Women in the Arts & MORE!
