Barron's Work

Clare Barron's Work

Themes and Topics

• Female Experience -- In this current experience for various types of identify females

• The Body -- Particularly unmasking the wildness of bodies in regard to one's sexuality

• Intimacy -- Not just between the one's we love

• Sex -- Shaking off the shame of something so human

• Female Sexuality -- In regards to this current society and the judgement females often face

Style

• Bold -- Not written to be "cute"

• Simplistic Yet Wild -- Not interested in creating super intellectual work but rather memorable experiences that unveil hidden thoughts and memories

• Female Driven -- Told from her perspective

• Big, Soulful, and Sexually Charged

Other Plays

• You Got Older

  • New Play Exchange: "When Mae's dad gets sick at the same moment her life implodes, she ends up moving in with him back home. A tender and darkly comic new play about family, illness and fantasy – and how we learn to keep going."

  • Point Park Library

• Baby Screams Miracle

  • Concord Theatricals: "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."

• Dirty Crusty

  • New Play Exchange: "You're never too old to learn ballet. Or at least that's what Jeanine hopes when she starts taking adult ballet classes from a badass ex-ballerina. A play about dance, sex, bad hygiene, and the attempt to reclaim big dreams."

• I'll Never Love Again

"Writing is fighting own repression." - Clare Barron