Claire Beckman

Brave New World Co-Founder / Producing Artistic Director

Claire is the producing artistic director of BNW which she co-founded in 2003; Acting and directing highlights include: A Moon For The Misbegotten (Director), The Hook adapted from Arthur Miller's screenplay by Ron Hutchinson (Director), A View From The Bridge (Beatrice), Shakespeare on Stratford (Co-Director), A Muslim in the Midst (Director), The Plantation (Directed and Adapted from The Cherry Orchard), 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), The Crucible (Director, NY Magazine Critic’s Pick), The Tempest (Director, Brooklyn Borough President Proclamation) Fahrenheit 451 (Mildred), Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Adaptor/Director), The Great White Hope (Ellie), To Kill a Mockingbird (Jean Louise/Director, Brooklyn Borough President Citation.) 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 and Kevin Kline’s Hamlet at The Public. Regional credits include Mother in The Pianist adapted for the stage and directed by Emily Mann for George Street Playhouse, and leading roles at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Asolo Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Capital Rep, GeVa, Syracuse Stage, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and 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.”