Claudia Barnett writes experimental plays about women and history and science, including Aglaonike’s Tiger, about the first female astronomer in ancient Greece. Other projects include Theodosia Redux, about the disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston in 1813, and her collaboration with Pipeline-Collective, Outside of Here, a 12-hour experiment that premiered as a live-broadcast event featuring three dozen performers. She won first place in the Science Playwriting Competition at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (2024) and the Andaluz Award Jury Prize from Fusion Theatre (2016). She teaches playwriting at Middle Tennessee State University, where she also coordinates In Process: A Creative Writing Event Series. Her books are published by Original Works (Aglaonike’s Tiger) and Carnegie Mellon University Press (I Love You Terribly; No. 731 Degraw-street, Brooklyn, or Emily Dickinson’s Sister; Witches Vanish; and Aristotle’s Wife: 6 Plays about Women in Science).
The Women's Voices Theater Festival playwrights in American Theatre.
Interviews:
The Dramatist interview, 2018.
MTSU Faculty Spotlight, 2017.
DC Theatre Scene interview, 2015.
To read "Ten Questions" in The Dramatist (2012), scroll down.
An interview in The Dramatist July/August 2012. Photo by Nikki McFadden.