Clare Barron

Clare Barron
Clare Barron is a playwright and performer from Wenatchee, Washington. Her play Dance Nation recently received its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in May 2018 and subsequently its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London. It was a 2019 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and is the recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and The Relentless Award established in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Other plays include: You Got Older (Page 73; Steppenwolf) which received two Obie Awards for Playwriting and Performance, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Play, and was a Susan Smith Blackburn finalist and the #1 most-recommended play on the Kilroys' List; I’ll Never Love Again (The Bushwick Starr); and Baby Screams Miracle (Clubbed Thumb; Woolly Mammoth).
She is the recipient of a Whiting Award for Drama, the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award at The Vineyard, and the Page 73 Fellowship; and is a member of New Dramatists.
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Dance Nation
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyLoading...
Dance Nation
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 2m
Finalist, 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world.
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Dirty Crusty
Clare Barron
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Dirty Crusty
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 1m
Dirty Crusty is an overwhelmingly honest play about self-improvement, exploring a dancer’s attempts to gain control over her life.
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You Got Older
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyLoading...
You Got Older
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 3w, 4m
Mae returns home to help take care of Dad and – maybe (a little) – herself.
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Baby Screams Miracle
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, DramaLoading...
Baby Screams Miracle
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 1m
A freak storm knocks down all the trees in town and a prodigal daughter is taught a new way to pray. But the weird weather’s not over yet.
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Dance Nation
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyDance Nation
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 2m
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Dirty Crusty
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, DramaDirty Crusty
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 1m
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You Got Older
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyYou Got Older
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 3w, 4m
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Baby Screams Miracle
Clare Barron
Full-Length Play, DramaBaby Screams Miracle
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 1m