Claire Schoonover
Claire Schoonover is a multiple Helen Hayes Award nominee, and has performed at many local DC theatres including Mosaic Theatre: regional premiere of Marys Seacole (Merry); Olney Theatre center: Oil (Ma Singer)-Helen Hayes nomination outstanding ensemble in a play). Folger Theater: King John u/s (Constance/Eleanor) Keegan Theatre Company; RipCord (Marilyn), Brave Spirits Theater Trojan women- Helen Hayes Nomination - Outstanding ensemble).
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BIO
Claire Schoonover is a multiple Helen Hayes Award nominee, and has performed at many local DC theatres including Mosaic Theatre: regional premiere of Marys Seacole (Merry); Olney Theatre center: Oil (Ma Singer)-Helen Hayes nomination outstanding ensemble in a play). Folger Theater: King John u/s (Constance/Eleanor) Keegan Theatre Company; RipCord (Marilyn), Brave Spirits Theater Trojan women- Helen Hayes Nomination - Outstanding ensemble).Anacostia Playhouse; Solomon and Marion (Marion) she is originally from England and worked in Stuttgart Germany on stage for many years.
Claire holds a MFA in Classical Acting from George Washington University in DC in collaboration with the Shakespeare Theatre company.
News
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 22, 2022
BRUTE FARCE by DC based playwright, Craig Houk will receive four staged readings at the Anacostia Arts Center on Oct 27th, 28th & 29th, 2022.
by Elliot Lanes - Jul 2, 2019
Today's subjects Deb Gottesman and Claire Schoonover are currently living their theatre lives onstage at Keegan Theatre playing two very resourceful and cutthroat senior citizens in the DC area premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Ripcord. The production runs through July 6th.
by Roger Catlin - Jun 21, 2019
Elderly assisted living can be a shared room prison, so the set for David Lindsay-Abaire play 'Ripcord' at the Keegan Theatre has the tidy room explode a coupe of times into some unexpected scenes, from a haunted house to the blue skies that give the comic play its title.
by Elliot Lanes - Sep 17, 2018
Few and far between are the times that we reviewers have a perfect night in the theater. Generally, we can find something to complain about in any given production. It could be we love the performances, but not the script or vice versa.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2018
BST's 2018 repertory explores war and winning from opposite perspectives. As civil unrest threatens political upheaval, the war hero Coriolanus is driven to defend and then destroy his own country. Shakespeare's last tragedy takes a piercing look at men who cannot leave war behind. Performed as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival, The Trojan Women Project explores the timeless story of The Trojan Women to illuminate modern women's relationships to sexuality, politics, and violence. This intersectional look at American women asks why our gender isn't enough to unite us and whether we are the losers in the American Dream.
by Hannah Menchhoff - Nov 30, 2015
For a play out of the ordinary for when it was written and now, look no further.
by Hannah Menchhoff - Jul 20, 2015
When I see that a theater's season includes ROMEO AND JULIET, I often get nervous. As it is one of William Shakespeare's most recognizable plays, I feel like you need a very solid reason to perform it.
