Expand the Canon

Founded in 2012, Expand the Canon is an award-winning nonprofit theatre service organization located in New York City. We are the leader in finding, curating, and advocating for classic plays for women. Each year, we create a resource of curated plays, a podcast, and partnership readings and productions.

By curating a collection of excellent historic plays, we’re building a more inclusive and accurate theatrical canon. We believe that stories handed down from generation to generation shape culture - and we want to see a more inclusive world.

We are working toward publishing monologue books, crafting workshops for universities, and delivering professional development for high school teachers. We are working to scale our organization to become the center for gender equity in the classics.