Fostered Love
Full length musical; 5F, 2M
Bailey and Maeve have lived in the foster care system for years with only each other to rely on. An ultimatum arrives when Bailey becomes too old to stay in the system. The sisters grapple with their sense of identity, responsibility, and self-worth when they’re forced to face a world they weren’t prepared to succeed in.
Recipient of the Kennedy Center's National Musical Theatre Award, 2018
Staged Reading, Central Michigan University, 2017
AEA 29-Hour Reading, TACT Studios, NYC, 2018
Staged Reading, Festival 56, 2018
Bailey and Maeve have lived in the foster care system for years with only each other to rely on. An ultimatum arrives when Bailey becomes too old to stay in the system. The sisters grapple with their sense of identity, responsibility, and self-worth when they’re forced to face a world they weren’t prepared to succeed in.
Recipient of the Kennedy Center's National Musical Theatre Award, 2018
Staged Reading, Central Michigan University, 2017
AEA 29-Hour Reading, TACT Studios, NYC, 2018
Staged Reading, Festival 56, 2018
Supermassive
Full Length Play; 2F, 1M
90 Minutes, No Intermission
Sneaks has locked herself inside a hotel room. Her mom, Liza, waits in the hallway on the other side. Through flashbacks, flash-forwards, and a lot of astrophysical allegory, we watch a mother and a daughter struggle to speak the same language and navigate their way through a difficult divorce.
Finalist, Fresh Ground Pepper's Playground Play Group, 2018
Finalist, 92Y's New Musical Development Residency, 2018
90 Minutes, No Intermission
Sneaks has locked herself inside a hotel room. Her mom, Liza, waits in the hallway on the other side. Through flashbacks, flash-forwards, and a lot of astrophysical allegory, we watch a mother and a daughter struggle to speak the same language and navigate their way through a difficult divorce.
Finalist, Fresh Ground Pepper's Playground Play Group, 2018
Finalist, 92Y's New Musical Development Residency, 2018
bruised
Song cycle; 6F, 3M
A collaborative series of original poetry by Christian Sanchez and original music and lyrics by Claire-Frances Sullivan.
"I turned my 'in spite of' / into my 'because of'"
Produced at Central Michigan University, 2016
A collaborative series of original poetry by Christian Sanchez and original music and lyrics by Claire-Frances Sullivan.
"I turned my 'in spite of' / into my 'because of'"
Produced at Central Michigan University, 2016
A Christmas Carol
Langmesser Photography
Full-length Adaptation; 8F, 6M (flexible gender neutral and double casting)
An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic set in modern-day America. Robin Cratchit is a single mom in desperate need of comprehensive healthcare reform, the ghosts of Christmases all across time get a new spin, but Scrooge is still his cranky, greedy, oblivious self.
"...Adaptations of classics, whether Shakespeare, Ibsen or Dickens, are difficult to pull off in a meaningful way. The biggest challenge is that they sometimes try too hard to be clever. So I was thrilled to see that Claire-Frances Sullivan’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol at Midland Center for the Arts was skillfully written to allow the audience to connect to the original in a fresh and contemporary way without novelty for the sake of novelty. "
Commissioned by and produced at Midland Center for the Arts, 2018
An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic set in modern-day America. Robin Cratchit is a single mom in desperate need of comprehensive healthcare reform, the ghosts of Christmases all across time get a new spin, but Scrooge is still his cranky, greedy, oblivious self.
"...Adaptations of classics, whether Shakespeare, Ibsen or Dickens, are difficult to pull off in a meaningful way. The biggest challenge is that they sometimes try too hard to be clever. So I was thrilled to see that Claire-Frances Sullivan’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol at Midland Center for the Arts was skillfully written to allow the audience to connect to the original in a fresh and contemporary way without novelty for the sake of novelty. "
Commissioned by and produced at Midland Center for the Arts, 2018
Rock Bottom
Buck Lewis, 2017
10-minute play; 1F, 2M
Rob, Kelly, and Frank have virtually nothing in common...except for their extended sentences in a fortress-like prison. Class conflict and personal vendettas come out during their time together, surrounded by rock.
Produced at the Powerhouse Theater, 2017
Rob, Kelly, and Frank have virtually nothing in common...except for their extended sentences in a fortress-like prison. Class conflict and personal vendettas come out during their time together, surrounded by rock.
Produced at the Powerhouse Theater, 2017
Twelve Ophelias: A Play with Broken Songs (by Caridad Svich)
Full length play by Caridad Svich
"Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises up out of the water dreaming of Pop-Tarts and other sweet things. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy, and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself."
~via Caridad Svich's website
Produced at the Powerhouse Theater in 2017 with original music by Claire-Frances Sullivan
"Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises up out of the water dreaming of Pop-Tarts and other sweet things. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy, and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself."
~via Caridad Svich's website
Produced at the Powerhouse Theater in 2017 with original music by Claire-Frances Sullivan
It Comes in Waves
10-minute musical; 2F, 2M
Brigid is haunted by her father, best friend, and doctor as she tries to subconsciously come to terms with a difficult decision she's just made.
Staged Reading, Powerhouse Theater, 2017
Brigid is haunted by her father, best friend, and doctor as she tries to subconsciously come to terms with a difficult decision she's just made.
Staged Reading, Powerhouse Theater, 2017
Close Encounters
One act play; 2F
Two women meet by chance at a bus stop late at night. One intends to take a bus home, and the other has a much different reason for being there. They form a companionship as they discuss the otherworldly.
“A fresh and original take on a late-night meeting at a bus stop, this mysterious and delightful short play finds two women looking for very different types of escape. Sullivan captures feelings of isolation, communion and the absurd --- with a dash of sci-fi --- in the span of a few pages.” -Judah Skoff
Produced at the Bread and Roses Theatre, UK, in the Talos Science Fiction Theatre Festival, 2018
Produced at Central Michigan University, 2018
Workshopped and produced at The Pulp Stage Theatre Company, 2019
Two women meet by chance at a bus stop late at night. One intends to take a bus home, and the other has a much different reason for being there. They form a companionship as they discuss the otherworldly.
“A fresh and original take on a late-night meeting at a bus stop, this mysterious and delightful short play finds two women looking for very different types of escape. Sullivan captures feelings of isolation, communion and the absurd --- with a dash of sci-fi --- in the span of a few pages.” -Judah Skoff
Produced at the Bread and Roses Theatre, UK, in the Talos Science Fiction Theatre Festival, 2018
Produced at Central Michigan University, 2018
Workshopped and produced at The Pulp Stage Theatre Company, 2019
