claire (she/her) is a michigan-born composer, lyricist, actor, and playwright currently based in phoenix, az. claire holds a bfa in musical theatre performance from central michigan university, and is moving into her third and final year at arizona state university as an mfa playwright. her original work, both musicals and straight plays, is rooted in intersectional feminism and embracing the messiness of womanhood. her short play "stuffed" was a finalist for theatre master’s take ten festival in new york, and her three-chapter monologue play "chew the fat" was presented at the valdez theatre conference in 2023. claire’s work has also been seen on central michigan university’s main stage, at prism theatre company in phoenix, and in various spaces at asu. in august of 2024, "stuffed" will...
claire (she/her) is a michigan-born composer, lyricist, actor, and playwright currently based in phoenix, az. claire holds a bfa in musical theatre performance from central michigan university, and is moving into her third and final year at arizona state university as an mfa playwright. her original work, both musicals and straight plays, is rooted in intersectional feminism and embracing the messiness of womanhood. her short play "stuffed" was a finalist for theatre master’s take ten festival in new york, and her three-chapter monologue play "chew the fat" was presented at the valdez theatre conference in 2023. claire’s work has also been seen on central michigan university’s main stage, at prism theatre company in phoenix, and in various spaces at asu. in august of 2024, "stuffed" will be read as part of the top 30 in the samuel french off off broadway short play festival. in the spring of 2025, her new full-length play "over my dead body there’ll be a pillow fight (the sleepover play)" will be produced in asu's first annual new plays festival.
claire is a passionate teaching artist, music director, and dramaturg at a number of theaters in the greater phoenix area, in addition to being an instructor-of-record at asu in both theatre and english. a proud member of lmda and adjudicator for the dramatists guild and the playwright’s center, claire’s favorite thing to do is dig into a new play (and sometimes write a theme song for it!).