Claire Soleil Gardner (They/She) is a multi-disciplinary playwright, screenwriter, poet, director, dramaturg, and performer with a BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University, pursuing an MFA in playwriting at the Iowa Playwright’s Workshop. A 2026 MacDowell Fellow, other recent work includes selection of DEVIL GIRL as a finalist for the o’neill center’s National Playwright’s Conference, playing “Zanj” in Into Your Hands by Tomi Endter at The Public, the New to the Neighborhood playwright residency commissioned by What Will the Neighbors Say?, selection of Virtual Rez-ality for Native Voices Short Play Festival 2025, AND co-writing The Kittie Knox Plays commissioned by Plays in Place. Claire is a proud diasporic Métis-Cree individual whose passion for history, education, and social justice are central to their work.