Claire K. Redfield, Director
Claire.K.Redfield@gmail.com
DEVISED WORK_____________________________________________________________________
It’s Not Impossible, Odradek Theatre Company, Chicago, IL
*Co-devised/directed original solo piece with live musicians in MixTape Festival
2015
The Last Sleepover, Chicago Fringe Festival, Chicago, IL
*Co-wrote/directed official selection of the 2012 Chicago Fringe Festival
2012
Side Effects, San Francisco Mime Troupe Summer Workshop, San Francisco, California
*Co-wrote/directed/performed ensemble generated production in Mime Troupe Style
*Trained in American Melodrama and Commedia dell’Arte class with SFMT ensemble
2011
Summer Showcase, SITI Company’s Summer Intensive Saratoga Springs, New York
*Suzuki, Viewpoints, and Composition Class with Anne Bogart and Co.
*Created original ten-minute pieces inspired by Tesla and Edison
2009
NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT____________________________________________________
Boomerang
Janet Burroway
Sideshow Theatre
Victory Gardens
2015
Amy Dellagiarino
Something Marvelous
Stage 773
2015
Jonathan Spector
Something Marvelous
Stage 773
2015
The Hall of Final Ruin Kelly Andronicos Something Marvelous
DCASE
2015
Why Can’t I Be You
Iulia Ionescu
Women’s Theatre Alliance
Stage 773
2015
The Wild Ones
Molly Hagan
Night of New Works
Den Theatre
2014
Stage 773
2014
(Dramaturg)
Inhale/Exhale
The Vast Expanse
(Something Marvelous)
Netta at Ninety
Susan Lieberman Women’s Theatre Alliance
It’s Not Her, It’s Us
Laura Nessler
Women’s Theatre Alliance
Stage 773
2013
Party Time
Katalin Berland
Women’s Theatre Alliance
Viaduct Theatre
2012
PRODUCTIONS ________________________________________________________________
Cymbeline
William Shakespeare The Waking Theatre
The Waking Theatre 2014
co-directed with Julia Locascio
Vanya
Sam Holcroft
Eleusis Collective
Stan Mansion
2013
Julia Locascio
Dir. Julia Locascio
Sense Inc.
2012
Chicago Premiere
Lemon Cake
Assistant Director
After the Revolution
Amy Herzog
Dir. Kimberly Senior
Next Theatre
2012
Claire Redfield
Senior Honors Thesis
Tufts University
2011
Assistant Director
*Knowing You
Received High Honors
EDUCATION__________________________________________________________________
B.A. in Drama and Anthropology
Tufts University
Graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
Medford, MA
2011
British American Drama Academy
Acting Conservatory
Training in Shakespeare, Dramatic Criticism, and Physical Theatre
London, UK
2009
University of Chicago
Study Abroad
Classes in Anthropology, History, Independent Playwriting Project
Cape Town, SA
2010
AFFILIATIONS________________________________________________________________
Sideshow Theatre
Community Engagement Associate
Chicago, IL
2012-present
Lookingglass Theatre
Teaching Artist
Chicago, IL
2011-present
Chicago Dramatists
Kemper Intern
Chicago, IL
2011-2012
Bare Bodkin Co. (Tufts University)
Artistic Director/Board
Medford, MA
2008-2011
*Production supported by funding from the Undergraduate Research Fund and Tufts’ Department of Drama and Dance