Tonight’s the night!
Day of the Dead Ladies begins tonight, and with it, our first major call for support in 2025.
But this isn’t just a party — it’s a resurrection.
It’s our playwrights’ legacies brought to life: women and gender-expansive artists whose brilliance was buried by history. Through immersive performances, we’re putting friends of ETC face-to-face with the writers we fight for every day.
We want their words on every bookshelf, every syllabus, every stage in the country — their names spoken alongside Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, and O’Neill. We know it’s possible! And with your help, we can make it real.
Want to grab your tickets to Day of the Dead Ladies? There’s still time! Or, if you can’t attend, to make a donation that keeps these voices alive.
In the meantime, here’s a personal message from our Artistic Director, Emily Lyon, about why this moment is pivotal:
What Your Contribution Makes Possible
Your support directly fuels the work that expands our canon and preserves our shared cultural legacy:
Pay Researchers, Readers, and Curators for making this possible
Fund archival trips to uncover lost plays for our growing database of 10,000+ works
Translate plays into English so more artists and audiences can access them
Publish the first-ever Expand the Canon Monologue Book
Preserve these texts with the future goal of having a physical library of classics by women and gender-expansive playwrights
And that’s just the beginning.
Every dollar you give helps another voice rise from the archives and onto the stage.
-Emily Lyon & Team ETC