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Clareann Despain, PhD
Stage Director
"The show is stunningly directed by the visionary Clareann Despain, who has created a production where all facets work on all cylinders."
-Broadway World
Ride the Cyclone, Theatre USF
Photo: Sorcha Augustine
Best Director, Best of the Bay 2022, Creative Loafing
Outstanding Director,
Theatre Tampa Bay Awards 2022
Murder on the Orient Express, Stageworks Theatre
Photo: Ned Averill-Snell
"director Clareann Despain has captured lightning in a bottle"
"punk perfection...magical...holy fuck"
-Broadway World
Green Day's American Idiot
Photo by James Moline
"staged with remarkable dynamism" -Creative Loafing
"dares the audience to reject any relevance between historical past and the present" -Tampa Bay Times
Topdog/Underdog
Photos by James Moline
"I have seen [Cabaret] performed numerous times, but never quite like this.
...supremely creative..." - Broadway World
Cabaret
Photo by James Moline
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