The cast of Dance Nation, 6 women and 1 man, on stage screaming during a scene. They wear exercise clothes (shorts, t-shirts, and sweatpants) and the floor and walls are made of wood.

The company of Dance Nation. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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Eboni Booth and Ikechukwu Ufomadu. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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The company of Dance Nation. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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The company of Dance Nation. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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The company of Dance Nation. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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Clare Barron at Playwrights Horizons. Photo by Zack DeZon.

Clare Barron; photo by Zack DeZon

Clare Barron

Clare Barron is a playwright and actor from Wenatchee, Washington. Her plays have been produced by Page 73, Woolly Mammoth, Clubbed Thumb and The Bushwick Starr, and will appear at Playwrights Horizons and Steppenwolf in 2018. She is the recipient of an Obie Award, the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award at The Vineyard and the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. Barron was also the co-winner of the inaugural 2015 Relentless Award established in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman for her play Dance Nation. She lives in Brooklyn.

 

Reviews
  • “Critic’s Pick! A blazingly original play from the insanely talented Clare Barron. Directed and choreographed with gloriously rough magic by Lee Sunday Evans, marvel at how close what you see cuts to the bone.”

    — Ben Brantley, The New York Times
  • “I have seen the future, and it is Dance Nation.”

    — Peter Marks, The Washington Post