Claire Karpen is an actor, director, teacher, acting coach, and public speaking and presentation coach based in NYC. She has worked on/Off Broadway, regionally, internationally and virtually in theatre, TV and film. She is currently on faculty at The Juilliard School and is also a proud Councilor of Actors’ Equity Association.
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Acting Coach
Privately, Claire works with actors on material for theater, television, film, and conservatory schools auditions. As an acting teacher, Claire teaches in the Juilliard School Drama and Extension Divisions and has worked at Columbia University’s MFA Grad Acting; Syracuse BFA and Tepper Center; Nord Anglia International School; MudBone Arts Center; Juilliard Kissimmee Arts Intensive; and masterclass workshops at Roundabout, the Public, the Old Globe, St. Louis Shakespeare, and the Chautauqua Institution. As a private coach, Claire regularly works with actors on material for film, television, theater, musical theater as well as MFA, BFA , and other acting program auditions. She is also available to work, not just an auditions, but to help develop and exercise an overall process to use throughout all stages of your career.
Speaking and Presentation Coach
As a Public Speaking and Presentation Coach, Claire works with professionals in a wide variety of industries including startup founders, engineers, scientists, lawyers, professors, consultants and marketing professionals on their public speaking and presentation skills - both for in person events as well as online virtual platforms such as Zoom, Skype, FB or Instagram Live, FaceTime and Google Meet.
Individual sessions and Group Workshops available.