Upcoming:
In March and April of 2021, Claire-Frances is excited to be collaborating on lots of new projects! She'll be joining Eliana Pipes in developing Eliana's play, ¡NAILS!: A Happy Gay Latina Play, into a musical where Claire-Frances will be consulting on the musical development of the piece as well as contributing music and lyrics. ¡NAILS! is currently in development with the Rorschach Theatre's Magic in Rough Spaces New Play Lab and will be available to stream April 21st-29th. CF is also working with her collaborator Alex Petti to contribute music to the short film, "Meet Me With A Mask On", by Kathleen Capdesuñer.
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The ¡NAILS! team includes (left to right, top to bottom) playwright Eliana Pipes (she/her), director Ricky Ramón (he/him), costume designer Jeannette Christensen (she/her) and composer and lyricist Claire-Frances Sullivan (she/her). Christensen will explore how to manifest the fantastical growing nails at the heart of the play, while Sullivan will explore transforming this work in progress into a musical. Dramaturgy will be provided by Aaron Simon Gross (he/him).
The performance features actors Savina Barini (they/them), Scott Whalen (he/they), Graciela Rey (she/her), Jordyn Stroman (he/his), Jesús I. Valles (they/them) & Malachi Sauls (he/they).
The performance features actors Savina Barini (they/them), Scott Whalen (he/they), Graciela Rey (she/her), Jordyn Stroman (he/his), Jesús I. Valles (they/them) & Malachi Sauls (he/they).
Recent:
Since June of 2021, Claire-Frances has loved spending an hour every Friday in a Zoom room with "Amplifying Activists Together", lending her voice to uplift the work of experienced activists and organizers. Check out a feature on the combined effort in American Theatre Magazine, you might see a familiar face! If you live in New York State and you'd like to get involved, reach out to CF to get connected.
February 2021: Listen to Claire-Frances' reading of Ron Riekki's poem, "I Tape My Mask to My Face", here. CW/TW: Covid-19 related hospitalization, strong language, violence. Written for and published by Decomp Journal.
In January of 2021, Claire-Frances will be playing the role of "Bridget" in a new musical titled Undecided, by Stephanie Carlin, directed by Raquel Loving. This will be streamed virtually at 7pm ET on January 30th and you can get your tickets here!
In December of 2020 and January of 2021, CF is excited to be developing new work as a performer and a writer!
On January 14th, Claire-Frances will be presenting and playing the role of "Cog" in a virtual reading of the first act of Impossible Green, an original musical with book and lyrics by her and music by Sequoia Sellinger. This will be presented with the York Theatre Company and their Winter Musical Theatre Training Program. Check out the full act below!
On January 30th, Claire-Frances will be playing the role of "Bridget" in a virtual reading of a new musical titled Undecided, written by Stephanie Carlin and directed by Raquel Loving.
She continues her second year in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and teaching music with MMC (see below) and is having a wonderful time!
On January 14th, Claire-Frances will be presenting and playing the role of "Cog" in a virtual reading of the first act of Impossible Green, an original musical with book and lyrics by her and music by Sequoia Sellinger. This will be presented with the York Theatre Company and their Winter Musical Theatre Training Program. Check out the full act below!
On January 30th, Claire-Frances will be playing the role of "Bridget" in a virtual reading of a new musical titled Undecided, written by Stephanie Carlin and directed by Raquel Loving.
She continues her second year in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and teaching music with MMC (see below) and is having a wonderful time!
Fall of 2020, Claire-Frances will continue teaching private voice, piano, guitar, and songwriting lessons with the Musical Mentors Collaborative as an extension of her teaching fellowship. She'll also be leading a workshop for MMC's "Songwriting for Change" program in partnership with the Ali Forney Center and Lantern Community Services as she continues working to broaden access to music education to youth from deserving communities.
Through the fall and winter, Claire-Frances and her collaborator Sequoia Sellinger will be developing their new musical, Impossible Green, on commission with the York Theatre Company and their winter MTTP students. The new musical will be specifically developed for and over virtual platforms and will be presented in January.
Claire-Frances has also begun her second year as a lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Program where she'll be adapting two projects into musicals with two different collaborators, Alex Petti and Teddy Poll. In October, she'll be developing her play, Supermassive, with Midland Center's Masterclass Series.
Through the fall and winter, Claire-Frances and her collaborator Sequoia Sellinger will be developing their new musical, Impossible Green, on commission with the York Theatre Company and their winter MTTP students. The new musical will be specifically developed for and over virtual platforms and will be presented in January.
Claire-Frances has also begun her second year as a lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Program where she'll be adapting two projects into musicals with two different collaborators, Alex Petti and Teddy Poll. In October, she'll be developing her play, Supermassive, with Midland Center's Masterclass Series.
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This summer of 2020 and in continuation of her teaching fellowship with the Musical Mentors Collaborative, Claire-Frances has recently finished co-facilitating a "Songwriting for Change" workshop with the NeOn Summer Program and the New York State Department of Probation, bringing music to youth that have been affected by the Criminal Legal System.
Claire-Frances is also seeking continuing education in Abolition and participating in weekly phone-banking to contact her representatives in support of a wealth tax. Send an email if you'd like to get involved!
Claire-Frances is also seeking continuing education in Abolition and participating in weekly phone-banking to contact her representatives in support of a wealth tax. Send an email if you'd like to get involved!
Claire-Frances is spending her time protesting, donating, and contacting her representatives in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. She believes in demilitarizing, defunding, and abolishing the police and urges you to donate to the Black Trans Women Homeless Fund, Justice for Breonna Taylor Memorial Fund, The Okra Project, The Black Feminist Project, and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute.
In August of 2020 and because of their participation in the "Songwriters in Mufti" competition with the York Theatre Company, Claire-Frances and her collaborator Sequoia Sellinger have been asked to team up with the York to develop their song "Where I Wanna End Up" with their Education Team and their summer musical theatre program. They'll be workshopping the song with the York Theatre Company's talented students and filming a short documentary about the process.
Meanwhile, Claire-Frances is helping develop a new original musical titled Flowers on the Moon, by Roy Sirengo. She's contributing vocals to demos for the show and helping with the musical development of the piece.
Meanwhile, Claire-Frances is helping develop a new original musical titled Flowers on the Moon, by Roy Sirengo. She's contributing vocals to demos for the show and helping with the musical development of the piece.
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In July of 2020, Claire-Frances and her collaborator Sequoia Sellinger wrote a song in under five days as a part of the York Theatre Company's "Songwriting in Mufti" competition. Their song took third place, check it out below!
April, May, and June of 2020: Claire-Frances has just received a teaching fellowship with the Musical Mentors Collaborative, an initiative to bring free music lessons to youth in New York State. With mentors like Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, Claire-Frances will be teaching voice, beginning piano, beginning guitar, and songwriting to middle school students via Zoom.
Claire-Frances will be participating in The WorkShop Theater's Spring Intensive, where she'll be developing her play, Supermassive, in a writer's group facilitated by the theatre.
While quarantining, CF continues to participate in the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop virtually, and is having a blast doing it.
Claire-Frances will be participating in The WorkShop Theater's Spring Intensive, where she'll be developing her play, Supermassive, in a writer's group facilitated by the theatre.
While quarantining, CF continues to participate in the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop virtually, and is having a blast doing it.
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