I’m Claire.

I’m a happy combination of artist, teacher, and activist. I’ve acted on professional stages for over 20 years, and I’m an improviser at heart, always ready to say yes to a new creative adventure. I’m an Intimacy Director, advocating for consent-based practices on stages and within theatre companies, and telling stories of staged intimacy in safe, repeatable, and creative ways. As an educator/scholar, I talk and teach about acting, improv, and the navigation of body politics in theatre, in casting, and in life.  I research and advocate for intersectionality of fat bodies in theatre. I’m here to shake up the diversity conversation through joyful performance and exploration of new points of view about acting. I’m here to ask you to laugh with me. I’m here to teach you a new game. I’m here to learn one too. Let’s play.