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Claire Kiechel

CLAIRE KIECHEL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Claire Kiechel was born in Washington D.C, and raised in Paris, Brussels, and Westchester. She went to amherst College where she majored in Theater and Dance, French, and English. She has worked with Ars Nova, New York Stage and Film, the exchange, and Yarn Films. Readings and productions of her plays have been held at the Brick Theater, the First Floor Theater at LaMaMa, the Kraine, and various spaces throughout the city. She has received the alpha Delta Phi Fellowship for her play Obituary Mambo, an Edward Poole Lay Fellowship, and an Edinburgh Fringe First for her role in Bang Bang Youre Dead. Three of her plays Double Rainbow all the Way, Kissing Ronald Reagan, and Radical Methods For Radical Heartbreak were produced at the New School for Drama, where Claire is getting her MFA in playwriting. there, she has been fortunate enough to study with Christopher Shinn, Laura Marie Censabella, Michael Weller, and Jon Robin Baitz. She is a member of the writing group, the Hindsight Collective, and her poetry has been published in explosion Proof Magazine. Whale Song Or: Learning to Live with Mobyphobia was part of Fringe NYC 2011.
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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Anywhere But Here         Be Careful of Words         Double Rainbow All the Way         Kissing Ronald Reagan         Luxembourg         Norway         Obituary Mambo         Odyssey, Lethe         Radical Methods For Radical Heartaches         Some Dark Places of the Earth         St. Vitus Dance         Umma Lappa Soon         Whale Song Or Learning To Live With Mobyphobia         Wolf Play

Anywhere But Here

Synopsis:
A sinking ship. Cocktails in Hollywood. Two old cowboys reminisce

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Written by Colby Day; Salty Brine; Sarah Einspaner; Adam Fried; Claire Kiechel; Jerry Lieblich; Rachel Music; Jeremy Wine

1st Produced:
Red Room, New York    16 Jan 2015

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Pipeline Theatre Company

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Be Careful of Words

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devised with Helikon Rep

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Double Rainbow All the Way

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Kissing Ronald Reagan

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Luxembourg

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Lunar Energy Productions & AntiMatter Collective

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Norway

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developed at the 2012 Orchard Project

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Obituary Mambo

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Odyssey, Lethe

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Radical Methods For Radical Heartaches

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Some Dark Places of the Earth

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In an ex-pat community in Brussels, ten-year-old Bee imagines herself inside the nightly newscasts of her radio journalist father. When her mother begins an affair with the diplomat next door, Bee recruits the man's son to help realize her fantasies. As their make-believe escalates, a new reality threatens the fragile world the two families have constructed.

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semi-finalist at the ONeill National Playwriting Conference

1st Produced:
151 Bank Street, NY NY    2013

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St. Vitus Dance

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finalist at the Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop

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Umma Lappa Soon

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Naked Angels reading; upcoming Colt Coeur workshop

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Whale Song Or Learning To Live With Mobyphobia

Whale Song Or Learning To Live With Mobyphobia
Only Maya Swan knows why Molly the whale is stranded in the Hudson River. While millions of New Yorkers wonder in amazement, Maya knows she has come to deliver a message from her dead father. Too bad Maya is Mobyphobic.

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dreamscapetheatre.org/shows/whalesong.php

1st Produced:
New York International Fringe Festival    Aug 2011

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the Dreamscape Theatre

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1h 15m Drama Comedy

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Wolf Play

Wolf Play
Matthew and Juliet's marriage is tested by their small town's unusual tradition; this year the ancient and savage ritual makes Juliet question her role as the perfect wife and mother

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winner of the 2012 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

1st Produced:
Beckett theatre
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    Oct 2012

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