Claire Derriennic (she/her) is an educator and theatre-maker for young audiences.

A longtime French immersion teacher and administrator at Concordia Language Villages (CLV), Claire was the recipient of CLV's 2024-2025 Dietrich Fellowship. During this 9-month travel opportunity, she visited Canada, Spain, France, Senegal, and Mongolia, honing skills in puppetry, clown, and theatre-making for the very young. 

​Claire has written, directed, and/or co-created several performances for young audiences, including The Materials that Make Us, a museum theatre play and sculpture workshop presented at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Other projects include Pen Pals, an interactive play for ages 4-8 commissioned by ARENAaprende, which toured to kindergartens in southern Spain, and Fall(oon), a play for ages 2-6 devised with Bamboo Theatre in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 

Claire is the also the playwright and director of Fishing for Stars, The John F. Kennedy Center's first-ever commission for very young audiences, premiering in March 2026. 

She holds a BA in French and Justice and Peace Studies from Georgetown University, a public school teaching certification in K-12 drama in the state of Texas, and an MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from the University of Texas. 

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