Projects
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Prepare for Landing: A Night of Comedy Pilots (April 2026)
I produced this staged reading of 2 comedy pilots at The Glendale Room 4/24/26.​
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"Fasten your seatbelts snugly across your lap, tuck your carry-on items safely in the seat in front of you, and liftoff into the clouds—by the clouds, we do of course mean the worlds of TWO new ½ hour comedy pilots (HOT CONVENT by Claire McNerney (me!) and THE DEEP END by Kathryn Steenburg, being presented as stage readings. Plus, select audience members will be chosen to cold-read lines alongside the actors."
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Estuarine: A New Play Nursery
I co-produce and facilitate ESTUARINE with C.J. Willette.
Our first cohort of emerging playwrights met throughout spring 2026, each developing an existing full-length play through guided generative exercises and facilitated feedback sessions (using a modified Liz Lerman method). ​​​

Goldilocks Screentime (2025)
I devised/directed/wrote 'Goldilocks Screentime' with Lula Britos for La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls (WOW) Festival 2025. It was a site-specific, ensemble-driven theatre piece about the internet, wellness culture, and the impossibility of being perfectly “just right” in real life. It ran during April 2025.​

FALLEN STAR(S) (2024)
I devised/directed/wrote 'FALLEN STAR(S)', a site-specific, audience-interactive piece created in collaboration with the UC San Diego Theatre Department and La Jolla Playhouse for the Without Walls (WOW) Festival. It ran during April 2024. ​

Event Planning
From 2021 to 2025, I planned and organized various events through FOOSH Improv @ UC San Diego and Company 157 at UC San Diego, including shows, conventions, galas, workshops, and team-building activities.

Kick Back! (2025)
'Kick Back!' is a short sports-comedy film that I co-wrote and executive produced. It is directed by Ashley Jones and Jalal Jaffer, and is currently in post-production.

Devising Research
I researched devised theatre as part of TRELS 2023, a competitive research scholarship at UC San Diego. I interviewed contemporary theatremakers in the field and compiled their insights into 2 consumable zines. I also presented at the UC San Diego Summer Research Conference.

Evergreen: Draw A Card, Make a Change
Evergreen is a sustainability focused long-term card game designed around helping players make environmentally conscious choices with their friends.
My primary role was in ideation and writing: I drafted and copyedited the text.
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Theatrical Experience
While I am primarily a writer, I also have experience in multiple theatrical departments.

Directing
Saturday Night Slam (co-directed by me & Annamarie Bioletto, Company157 2024)

Assistant Scenic Design
X (dir. Rosie Glen-Lambert, UCSD 2024), I assisted scenic designer Raphael Mishler.

Assistant Directing
Cancelina (dir. Allie Moss, UCSD Wagner New Play Festival 2024).

Props Design
Small Mouth Sounds (dir. Abi Hood, Company 157 2023). I designed & sourced props.

Dramaturgy
Resonance (dir. Mary Liu, UCSD 2024). I dramaturged for this devised honors thesis.

Acting
Understudy on Orlando (dir. Allie Moss, UCSD 2023), Party Guest in Best Years (dir. Natalia Demko, UCSD LAB 2022)