Claire Beckman

Brave New World Co-Founder
Producing Artistic Director

Claire is the producing artistic director and co-founder of BNW. BNW credits include: A View From The Bridge (Beatrice), The Hook (Director), Shakespeare on Stratford (Co-Director), A Muslim in the Midst (Director), The Plantation (adapted from The Cherry Orchard) (Adaptor/Director), Picasso’s Masterpiece, (Director) Street Scene (Director, named #22 of 25 Best Stage shows of 2013 by L Magazine), The Long Christmas Dinner (Director), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Terrace) (Mrs. Ford), The American Clock (Rose Baum), The Halloween Plays (Doctor/Gretel in Too Much Candy), As You Like it (Director), The Crucible (Director, NY Magazine Critic’s Pick), The Tempest(Director), The Member of the Wedding (Director), On The Waterfront (Director), Fahrenheit 451 (Mildred), Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Adaptor/Director), The Great White Hope (Ellie), To Kill a Mockingbird (Jean Louise/Director), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn). Off Broadway credits include The Torchbearers at Drama Dept., Snakebit for Naked Angels, the title role in Bella Belle of Byelorussia directed by Christopher Ashley at the WPA, The Last Empress at Lincoln Center and Kevin Kline’s Hamlet at The Public. Regional credits include leading roles at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville,Asolo Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Capital Rep, GeVa, Syracuse Stage, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, A new adaption of The Pianist (in development) by Emily Mann at The McCarter, and several leading roles at various Shakespeare Festivals including Lady Macbeth at Shakespeare on the Sound. Films include: “The Tollbooth,” the award winning “The Wormhole,” “Revolution #9,” “Pollock,” “Fallout,” “The Door in the Floor” with Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger and “The Thing About My Folks” with Peter Falk and Paul Reiser. Crystal Prism Award Best Actress: “Better Than Escape” (“Bolje od Bekstva” Serbia/Montenegro.) Best Producer nomination at NYC’s Visionfest for “The West Begins on Fifth Avenue.” TV: “Law & Order,” “Law & Order CI,” “All My Children,” “As the World Turns.”