Kari Barclay is a writer, director, and educator based in Cleveland, OH. They have made work regionally and in New York at venues including Ars Nova, the San Francisco Mime Troupe Studio, Cleveland Public Theater, and MirrorBox Theater. Their original play, CAN I HOLD YOU?, was one of the first full-length pieces about asexuality performed in the U.S. and enjoyed a sold-out run in San Francisco and workshop in Brooklyn. His new play, STONEWALLIN’, won the 2021 So.Queer Playwriting Festival and was produced at Richmond Triangle Players in 2022.
Outside the rehearsal room, Kari is Assistant Professor of Theater at Oberlin College, where they teach playwriting, theater history, and intimacy directing. Their book, "Directing Desire," examines the role of consent in theater in light of the...
Kari Barclay is a writer, director, and educator based in Cleveland, OH. They have made work regionally and in New York at venues including Ars Nova, the San Francisco Mime Troupe Studio, Cleveland Public Theater, and MirrorBox Theater. Their original play, CAN I HOLD YOU?, was one of the first full-length pieces about asexuality performed in the U.S. and enjoyed a sold-out run in San Francisco and workshop in Brooklyn. His new play, STONEWALLIN’, won the 2021 So.Queer Playwriting Festival and was produced at Richmond Triangle Players in 2022.
Outside the rehearsal room, Kari is Assistant Professor of Theater at Oberlin College, where they teach playwriting, theater history, and intimacy directing. Their book, "Directing Desire," examines the role of consent in theater in light of the #MeToo movement and suggests avenues for theaters to advance equity in the rehearsal room, inspired by the emerging field of "intimacy direction." Kari received their PhD in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University and BA from Duke University, where they won the Samuel DuBois Cook Award for racial equity and social justice work. kari-barclay.com