The Refocus Project aims to transform the American theatre canon.

The works deemed to be “classic” plays have long been defined too narrowly and by too few. If we’re to have an equitable theatre, we must look to the past and shine a spotlight on the plays and playwrights that were left behind by history, not because of their merits but because of their identities.

As a theatre company with a legacy of producing revivals, we realize we need to tell a more complete story and ensure we are an active part of the solution, not an ongoing part of the problem.

Beginning April 23, the first year of The Refocus Project will spotlight twentieth-century Black plays and their playwrights. A diverse panel of readers, consuming dozens of plays, chose several for readings and many more to be highlighted through the additional resources.

Please join us in getting to know these works and redefining them as the American classics they truly are.