Kari is a writer, director, and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. They have directed productions across the country, including Duke alum Sam Kebede's Lack History at Ars Nova in 2022. Their original plays include CAN I HOLD YOU, the first full-length play about asexuality produced in the U.S (San Francisco Mime Troupe), and STONEWALLIN', winner of the 2021 So.Queer Playwriting Festival (Richmond Triangle Players). Kari is also a theater scholar who regularly writes about theater, sexuality, and politics. Their forthcoming book, Directing Desire, examines the rise of consent-based practices in theater since the #MeToo Movement. PhD Stanford '21. kari-barclay.com.
Theater Studies