Claire is a New York-based playwright and screenwriter from the ocean and mountains of New England. She writes darkly comic plays centered on themes of grief, hypocrisy, power, and disbelonging.

Her plays include THE SCOUTS OF AMERICA DON’T SELL COOKIES, B*TCH (2025 O’Neill NPC Semifinalist, 2025 Ojai Playwrights Conference Semifinalist, 2024 Echoes Writers Program Finalist, 2025 The Tank), ADIRONDACK CHAIR MISSING, PLEASE RETURN OR ELSE! (2024 Barr Hill Players Theatre Semifinalist, 2023 Playwrights Realm ScriptShare Program, 2024 The Tank), and THE BOX OFFICE (2023 The Tank). Her plays have been developed with Primary Stages, The Tank, Playwrights Realm, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, and The Barrow Group. She is a member of Living Radio Plays, The Playwrights Group, and F.A.B. at The Barrow Group. She is currently working on a new play, THE CALLING, or BROKE, which will be workshopped and developed at the 2025 PVD Fringe Fest.

Claire’s screenplays include a short film, MOVING SCATTERED (2024 Holly Shorts Screenplay Competition, 2024 Filmmatic Screenplay Competition, 2024 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition), and web series, LADY COPS (2025 Poor Life Choices Comedy Film Festival Official Selection & Best Pilot, 2024 Like It Film Fest Official Selection, 2024 LA Independent Women Film Awards Official Selection, 2024 WRPN Global Webisode Competition Exceptional Merit Award, 2024 BlueCat Screenplay Competition). She is currently working on a feature length film and a digital sketch show, and was recently commissioned by The Barrow Group to write scenes for the 1-Year Professional Acting Program.

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