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Claire Derriennic is an actor, puppeteer, educator and all-around theatre-maker pursuing an MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities at the University of Texas.
Claire attended international schools in Macedonia, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, and Bangladesh before moving to Washington D.C. to attend Georgetown University. After graduation, Claire worked as a marketing associate at Imagination Stage, a theatre for young audiences in Bethesda, Maryland, and appeared in four professional productions with Best Medicine Rep, a company dedicated to staging new comedies. Claire's interest in puppetry led her to Tokushima, Japan, where she studied Bunraku puppetry in 2019. Since returning to the United States, Claire has assistant directed a production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe featuring a three-person lion puppet. She also served as a directing intern at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, and completed Joy Zinoman's Directing Class at Studio Acting Conservatory. Claire has created several performances, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Princess and the Period that adapt fairy tales to touch on issues of bodily autonomy and consent. She hopes to continue to study how theatre for young audiences and puppetry can be used to explore social justice issues. |