Coming up, Claire-Frances is returning to Milwaukee Repertory to originate the role of Aoife Connolly in their world premiere production of The Craic. Catch her in Wisconsin from January 17th, 2025 - March 16th, 2025.
In November 2024, Claire-Frances produced a private industry reading of the new musical, Dancing on the Moon, written by Kurt Peterson and Jesse Weiner, starring Ruthie Ann Miles, Julia Abueva, and more. She also presented new work from her original musical, Fostered Love, with the BMI Workshop, and performed work from a new piece by Sarah Ruhl and Jay Alan Zimmerman with the workshop.
Recently, CF played Jean-Pierre Blanchard in Moxie Arts Festival’s world premiere workshop production of Sophie Blanchard’s High Flyin’ Rock n’ Roll Extravaganza. The show ran August 22nd - September 1st, 2024 Off-Broadway in NYC at the IRT Theater.
Claire-Frances recently produced a reading workshop of the new play by Roma Torre and Adam Friedman titled WEC2, in association with James William Productions and Stephenie Skyllas. She’s thrilled to be working on this moving, important project with Roma and the team! The workshop took place on June 18th, 2024, on what would have been the 100th birthday of the late, great, Marie Torre.
After Swingtime closes and once Follies at Carnegie Hall is up on its feet, Claire-Frances is so excited to head out to Milwaukee Repertory to perform in a workshop of their new musical, The Craic (June 20th - June 25th, 2024).
CF is thrilled to be joining the Transport Group as line producer for their upcoming Follies concert at Carnegie Hall on June 20th, 2024.
Up next for CF is Swingtime Canteen at Ivoryton Playhouse, where she’ll be playing Lilly McBain and lots of instruments in the 40’s-style musical, May 16th - June 9th, 2024. Tickets available here!
The 2023 regional BroadwayWorld awards are out and CF is thrilled to have received an award for “Best Performer in a Musical” for playing “Girl” in Once and is even more thrilled that her friend Molly Coyne and Coachella Valley Repertory’s entire production of Once are also being recognized.
CF is headed to the Sunset Theatre in North Carolina to play Alice Murphy in RhinoLeap’s production of Bright Star, March 2nd-10th, 2024. Tickets available here!
CF is honored to be nominated for a regional Broadwayworld award for her work in Once at Coachella Valley Repertory, alongside some incredible colleagues. Place your vote here!
Claire-Frances and her folk-rock band, The Upswing, will be taking the stage at Bowery Electric’s Map Room (with their friends, Very Tall People) on January 5th. Doors at 6:30pm, tickets available here!
Catch CF singing background vocals in Johanan Merino’s upcoming Green Room 42 concert, “From Twink to Twonk” on December 13th. Tickets available here!
Claire-Frances is excited for two upcoming gigs with her new band, the Upswing, featuring Trevor Lindley Craft and Jackson Mattek. Catch their original folk-rock tunes at Silvana on November 15th, 2023 at 7:00pm and at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 on November 28th, 2023 at 8:30pm ($15 cover, tickets available via this link).
Claire-Frances is very proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association as of October, 2023!
CF is looking forward to debuting lots of new original music and lyrics by Jay Alan Zimmerman at his concert, Music Magic, on October 6th, 2023. More information and tickets here!
Claire-Frances is currently playing “Dyanne” in Million Dollar Quartet at Shadowland Stages in Ellenville, New York between August 11th - September 10th, 2023. Get your tickets here!
CF is headed to Mississippi to perform in Ring of Fire at the New Stage Theatre from May 30th-June 11th, 2023. Tickets available here!
Claire-Frances had the honor of celebrating her late friend, Rita Gardner, by producing and performing in a memorial concert at 54 Below on May 1st, 2023. Check out the glowing BroadwayWorld review here!
Claire-Frances has the absolute privilege to perform her Dream Role of All Dream Roles, ‘Girl’ in Once, with Coachella Valley Repertory February 23rd-March 11th. Check out the rave reviews below:
Claire-Frances is thrilled to have recently signed with Jill Blalock at Broad Talent Agency!
Come to Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 3) at 8:30pm on February 3rd, 2023 to see Claire-Frances headlining an evening of music with Taylor Chilton and Emily Whitlow!
CF hits the stage again with the band good thoughts in March of 2023. More info coming soon!
CF is honored to be producing and performing in the upcoming 54 below memorial concert for her late close friend, Rita Gardner. The celebration will feature Laura Benanti, Liz Callaway, Lee Roy Reams, Kurt Peterson, Sarah Rice, and more. Mark your calendar for the annivesary of The Fantasticks, May 1st, 2023, and get tickets here.
You can find CF gigging all over the city in November and December 2022 and January 2023! She'll be singing back up vocals at Duane Park for Johanan Merino's 40th birthday celebration on November 17th, headlining a free concert at the Wicked Friendship Garden on December 3rd.
Claire-Frances has also been performing new material by Jay Alan Zimmerman at the Advanced BMI Workshop throughout the fall of 2022 and developing her own musical with her writing partner, Alex Petti.
CF will moonlight as a teaching artist once again in November by leading some acting workshops with the Felicity House team and the Musical Mentors Collaborative.
Claire-Frances makes her producing debut as an Associate Producer with James William Productions! Kurt Peterson's memoir concert, Proud Ladies, will go up at Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center at 7pm on October 10th. CF has worked with Kurt for five years now and is thrilled to be stepping into this new role. More information here!
On September 24th, CF hits the stage again with the pop-punk band, good thoughts, at Heaven Can Wait. Tickets available here!
On July 10th, 2022, Claire-Frances makes her 54 Below debut as a lyricist! Performer and producer JJ Maley will perform "I'll Let You Know", an original stand alone tune with music by Stephanie Carlin and lyrics by CF as a part of Marie Incontrera's "A Very Queer Holiday: Christmaskkuh in July".
From May - August 2022, Claire-Frances will be heading out to the Lake Dillon Theatre Company in Silverthorne, CO to perform as Philia in their production of A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum and play guitar and accordion and perform as Anselmo in their actor-musician production of Man of La Mancha.
On April 25th, 2022 Claire-Frances debuted lots of new music and lyrics at the Green Room 42. Tickets available here!
Claire-Frances Sullivan's headlining debut! The Decatastrophization of Claire-Frances Sullivan (by Claire-Frances Sullivan) is a night of original music and lyrics written and performed by Claire-Frances and her collaborators. A mix of singer/songwriter tunes and brand new musical theatre, it's a one*-woman show (featuring the talents of ALEX PETTI, SEQUOIA SELLINGER, HALEY ALEXA COURT, JOURDAN NOKLEBY, KATIE DODD, STEPHAN WILSON, and more). Come for the chance to hear new indie-folk songs before they're an album and new musical theatre songs before they're musicals!
On February 17th, 2022, Claire-Frances hit the stage again with the pop-punk band, good thoughts, at Bowery Electric.
In January of 2022, Claire-Frances started teaching and co-facilitating CAMP Theatre Company, a musical-theatre-based after school program in Brooklyn, NY for 8-12 year olds.
On November 17th, 2021, Claire-Frances performed the new musical comedy song "Just Stay Friends" written by Allison Light and Andrew Underberg at Velvet Brooklyn as a part of the New York Seven comedy show. Check out the performance here!
On October 30th and 31st of 2021, Claire-Frances performed in the "Untitled Hat Project": a devised, immersive theater experience written by Clare Bierman and Erika Ji, in a hat shop in Williamsburg.
On October 13th, 2021 Claire-Frances was seen at East Berlin in NYC playing several instruments and singing back-up for the EP release concert of the pop-punk band, good thoughts.
Claire-Frances will be performing in Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver at the Rev Theatre Company in Auburn, New York throughout September of 2021.
In July and August of 2021, Claire-Frances will be teaching a series of songwriting workshops in collaboration with the Musical Mentors Collaborative and Felicity House. CF will be leading workshops on songwriting analysis and practice to groups of adult women with autism, and is having a great time working with Felicity House and their team!
In late June of 2021, Claire-Frances was invited to join the Advanced BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing workshop as a lyricist and is looking forward to continuing to make musical theatre with her collaborators.
In March and April of 2021, Claire-Frances is excited to be collaborating on lots of new projects! She'll be joining Eliana Pipes in developing Eliana's play, ¡NAILS!: A Happy Gay Latina Play, into a musical where Claire-Frances will be consulting on the musical development of the piece as well as contributing music and lyrics. ¡NAILS! is currently in development with the Rorschach Theatre's Magic in Rough Spaces New Play Lab and will be available to stream April 21st-29th. CF is also working with her collaborator Alex Petti to contribute music to the short film, "Meet Me With A Mask On", by Kathleen Capdesuñer.
