Expanding the Canon

The list is here! On Monday, September 21st, a dream of Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre’s was realized: The inaugural Expand the Canon list. From Hedgepig’s website:

“Expand the Canon is an annual, curated list of excellent and producible classic plays by women and underrepresented genders. Both a celebration and a call to action, Expand the Canon demands space in the classical canon for more diverse playwrights, many of whom were underproduced or utterly un-produced in their lifetimes.”

To celebrate the release of the list, Hedgepig partnered with American Players Theatre, Ma-Yi Theater Company, and The Classical Theatre of Harlem to present virtual readings of four of the titles on this year’s list. I played the absurdly tragic Marcella and snarky servant Inis in the reading of A Bold Stroke for a Husband directed by Emily Lyon on September 22nd. A very silly time was had by all — I can’t wait to see these plays onstage one day, where they belong.

Read press on this year’s Expand the Canon list in The New York Times, American Theatre, Token Theatre Friends, and Playbill. xo