Claire Crowley

Claire (she/her) is a New York-based playwright and screenwriter from the ocean and mountains of New England. She writes darkly comic and absurd plays centered on themes of grief, hypocrisy, power, disrupted notions of “place” in society, and disbelonging.

When she isn’t writing, Claire researches intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and substance use, and has a few publications on the subject. She is also a trained domestic violence survivor advocate. Claire loves being outside, binge watching tv, treating biking in NYC like a fun little video game, and making herself do improv at UCB.

Claire (she/her) is a New York-based playwright and screenwriter from the ocean and mountains of New England. She writes darkly comic and absurd plays centered on themes of grief, hypocrisy, power, disrupted notions of “place” in society, and disbelonging.

When she isn’t writing, Claire researches intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and substance use, and has a few publications on the subject. She is also a trained domestic violence survivor advocate. Claire loves being outside, binge watching tv, treating biking in NYC like a fun little video game, and making herself do improv at UCB.

Scripts

THE CALLING

by Claire Crowley

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

THE CALLING examines the relationship between social services, capitalism, and violence in the united states of america. Over an unpredictably cold winter in the rural Northeast, three domestic violence agency workers deal with budget cuts, burnout, secondary trauma, and a last-resort-fundraiser-talent-show-for-the-rich. This play asks us how we can expect individuals to solve the issue of domestic violence when...

THE CALLING examines the relationship between social services, capitalism, and violence in the united states of america. Over an unpredictably cold winter in the rural Northeast, three domestic violence agency workers deal with budget cuts, burnout, secondary trauma, and a last-resort-fundraiser-talent-show-for-the-rich. This play asks us how we can expect individuals to solve the issue of domestic violence when it’s steeped in capitalism and patriarchy and racism and homophobia; and when we, the united states, are the biggest perpetrator of violence in the world.

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THE SCOUTS OF AMERICA DON'T SELL COOKIES, B*TCH

by Claire Crowley

Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy,
political,
satire,
tragedy

THE SCOUTS OF AMERICA DON’T SELL COOKIES, B*TCH interrogates the relationship between capitalism and violence through the lens of american youth. This 90-minute dark comedy is about a girl named Effie, a scrappy eleven-year-old, who decides to join the Scouts of America during the summer of 2024. Excited to learn new skills, Effie enters with an intensity that surprises her troop leader, Joe, and scares some of...

THE SCOUTS OF AMERICA DON’T SELL COOKIES, B*TCH interrogates the relationship between capitalism and violence through the lens of american youth. This 90-minute dark comedy is about a girl named Effie, a scrappy eleven-year-old, who decides to join the Scouts of America during the summer of 2024. Excited to learn new skills, Effie enters with an intensity that surprises her troop leader, Joe, and scares some of her fellow scouts. As she traverses this unfamiliar landscape, she battles assumptions and underestimations of her personhood.

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ADIRONDACK CHAIR MISSING PLEASE RETURN OR ELSE!

by Claire Crowley

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce,
tragedy

One fine summer morning in Podunk Vermont, June Daly goes berserk after finding out her very sturdy, very homemade adirondack chair has gone missing. Desperate, she enlists the help of her 90 year old neighbor Boris, and a 15 year old girl named Addy to figure out who stole it.

One fine summer morning in Podunk Vermont, June Daly goes berserk after finding out her very sturdy, very homemade adirondack chair has gone missing. Desperate, she enlists the help of her 90 year old neighbor Boris, and a 15 year old girl named Addy to figure out who stole it.

SCHOOL UPON A HILL

by Claire Crowley

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy

SCHOOL UPON A HILL (working title) is about a group of high school girl/femme/nb students as they organize and implement a large-scale fundraiser for “underprivileged children.”

SCHOOL UPON A HILL (working title) is about a group of high school girl/femme/nb students as they organize and implement a large-scale fundraiser for “underprivileged children.”

The Box Office

by Claire Crowley

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce,
tragedy

The Box Office follows the story of Jess, Box Office Assistant, on opening night of the opera after the recent death of her stepfather. While juggling workplace stress and absurd customer demands, Jess is faced with a choice to attend her stepfather's funeral or stay behind. The Box Office explores the question: Who is allowed to grieve, and for whom and what?

The Box Office follows the story of Jess, Box Office Assistant, on opening night of the opera after the recent death of her stepfather. While juggling workplace stress and absurd customer demands, Jess is faced with a choice to attend her stepfather's funeral or stay behind. The Box Office explores the question: Who is allowed to grieve, and for whom and what?

R.I.P. BILLY

by Claire Crowley

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
melodrama,
satire

Harrold and Alda are in the throes of grief as they host a Catholic wake and funeral for their son, Billy. Extended family gathers together to honor Billy’s memory, but nothing is quite as it seems as each family member attempts to (re)connect and mourn with one another.

R.I.P. BILLY is a darkly funny and absurd play about family dynamics, and Grief Olympics.

Harrold and Alda are in the throes of grief as they host a Catholic wake and funeral for their son, Billy. Extended family gathers together to honor Billy’s memory, but nothing is quite as it seems as each family member attempts to (re)connect and mourn with one another.

R.I.P. BILLY is a darkly funny and absurd play about family dynamics, and Grief Olympics.