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Claire Kaplan
Theatre

Adjunct Lecturer

Courses Taught

  • THTR 312: Movement V
  • THTR 413: Movement VI

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Devised Performance Practice, Arthaus Berlin, Columbia College Chicago.
Bachelor of Arts in Theater, University of California San Diego.

About

Claire Kaplan is an actor, movement director, and performance creator from Long Beach, CA. Her focus is in ensemble-created original work, community-building, performance activism, and the exploration of text and the body. She has worked with ensembles in California, Texas, Berlin, London, and now Chicago. She is the recipient of a 2025 Dean’s Grant to study movement with the Movement Research Lab in NYC.

Current projects: Remnants (Wender Collective) Top Girls (Raven) The Dance of Death (Steppenwolf)