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COLEMAN RAY CLARK (he/him/his) is a director and producer. As the deputy director of The 24 Hour Plays Coleman, is currently producing The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues and has helped to create hundreds of new plays and musicals around the world in the past four years.

Coleman directed and produced the site-aware production of Bare at St. John’s Lutheran Church in 2019. Other directing credits include The Nina Variations by Steven Dietz (The Bridge Production Group); All Shook Up (Fordham University’s Mimes and Mummers); Stop Kiss by Diana Son (The Hatchery); Kiss Me, Kate (The Arts Center of the Ozarks); The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco, Detroit by Lisa D’Amour, and Punk Rock by Simon Stephens (Marymount Manhattan College); and more. Assistant directing credits include Frankenstein (Classic Stage Company) and His Eye Is On the Sparrow (Portland Center Stage) with director Timothy Douglas, The 24 Hour Plays On Broadway (Broadway) with director Mark Brokaw, and Superior Donuts (TheatreSquared) with director Sean Patrick Reilly.

As the founder and artistic director of New Threshold Theatre in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Coleman produced plays and musicals for, with, and by young adults for three years.

Graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. Coleman is a Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Associate Member and alumni of the SDC Foundation intern program.SDC associate member. Current MTC Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow.

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CCAE Theatricals Announces Cast For EVERY BRILLIANT THING To Close It's 2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2024

CCAE Theatricals will present EVERY BRILLIANT THING, a one-person play by Olivier Award-nominated Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, to close its 2024 season.
HERE LIES LOVE SINGS THE SONGS OF J. OCONER, Linda Eder And More Next Week At 54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 7, 2023

Next week at 54 Below, the cast of 'Here Lies Love' will be performing the songs of J. Oconer Navar. Don't miss this incredible musical experience!
Norbert Leo Butz, Linda Eder, and More to Play 54 Below Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 30, 2023

Check out the lineup of incredible performances at 54 Below this month!
IN BETWEEN... Comes to 54 Below Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2023

54 Below presents In Between… a new musical by the writer of Chasing Grace and This is Treatment, Elizabeth Addison. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!
The Brick Presents ONLY PLACE I BELONG By Can Yasar
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2022

Following the successful debut production of M. Can Yasar's musical “Only Place I Belong” at The Tank in August, The Brick Theater will present a new look at the music and storytelling in a concert version for three performances only October 3, 4 & 5.
Photos: First Look At M. Can Yasar's ONLY PLACE I BELONG at The Tank
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 5, 2022

Photos have been released of the World Premiere production of M. Can Yasar’s new musical “Only Place I Belong” directed by Coleman Ray Clark on August 3rd & 4th at The Tank in NYC.
ONLY PLACE I BELONG Premieres Next Month at The Tank
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2022

Following the success of M. Can Yasar's one-person musical “Master of Time” at Teatro Latea, The What Co. and Maddie Milligan present Yasar's new musical in development “Only Place I Belong” directed by Coleman Ray Clark for two performances only August 3rd & 4th at 7 PM at The Tank in NYC. 
MASTER OF TIME By M. Can Yasar Comes to Teatro Latea
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2022

After the successful workshop performance at New Works Series, this time M. Can Yasar is coming with a one-person musical “Master of Time” at Teatro Latea.
A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL Comes to TADA! Theatre Beginning Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2022

On Thursday, March 31, M. Can Yasar will perform his original one-person play “A Hundred Dollar Bill” at TADA! Theatre. The one-night-only performance that won M. Can Yasar the “Best Autobiographical Show” award at United Solo Festivals annual gala, presented to a single performance that exhibits excellence in writing, performing, and directing a true story from the creator's life, will be workshopped with Emerging Artist Theatre's New Works Series.
Emerging Artists Theatre Announces Line-up For Week Two Of The NEW WORK SERIES
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2022

Emerging Artists Theatre has announced the line-up for the second week of their bi-annual New Work Series. The three-week festival runs March 21 to April 10 and showcases new musicals, dance pieces, solo shows and plays. Over 50 productions will be presented.
M. Can Yasar's A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL Comes to Theatre Row
by Stephi Wild - Nov 9, 2021

M. Can Yasar's original solo play “A Hundred Dollar Bill” debuts next Tuesday, November 16th at Theatre Row (410 W 42nd St) at 7.30 pm.
A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL Will Be Performed at Theatre Row Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2021

God and Sex share the same wing space, take off from the Brooklyn Bridge and fly into uncertainty. A bare shoulder at the Met, red lipstick, and an aunt's wig. In Sex and God, we trust. A Hundred Dollar Bill is a multicultural story of a Turkish man rummaging for truth and searching for his name Al Wadood, the Loving – or “Manhattan Love?”
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Celebrates 10th Year of Bringing Together Young Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2021

The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, now in its 10th year, once again brought together an extraordinary group of young artists for a free professional intensive culminating in their own production of The 24 Hour Plays — available for streaming through Saturday, July 31.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Kicks Off Tonight
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 20, 2021

The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, now in their tenth year, kicks off their rigorous professional experience for artists 25 and under tonight with their own production of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, featuring the 43 program participants and 12 guest writers from previous years of the Nationals program.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS Announces Line-Up for Nationals 2021
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 17, 2021

Today, The 24 Hour Plays, creators of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, The 24 Hour Musicals and the Viral Monologues, announced this year’s company for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, which will be held as a virtual program.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: CINCINNATI EDITION Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2021

The 24 Hour Plays has announced a special Cincinnati edition round of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, which they will host in partnership with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and featuring brand-new monologues written, rehearsed and recorded in 24 hours by 12 actors and playwrights.  
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES Announces a Special Developing Artists Edition
by Stephi Wild - Mar 28, 2021

The 24 Hour Plays has announced a special edition round of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, featuring brand-new monologues written, rehearsed and recorded in 24 hours by Developing Artist teens and stars of stage and screen.   Beginning at 6:00 PM on Sunday, March 28th, one monologue will be released every 15 minutes on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES Supports You Gotta Believe With Matthew Broderick, Kerry Butler and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2020

After an extraordinary year with over 300 original pieces produced, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues teamed up with You Gotta Believe last night to finish 2020 with a bang! In the year’s final edition, a stellar lineup of writers and actors came together virtually to write, rehearse, perform and produce 18 all-new pieces in just 24 hours.
Daniel Dae Kim, Kerry Butler, Matthew Broderick and More to Star in Upcoming 24 Hour Plays: VIRAL MONOLOGUES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2020

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will finish 2020 with a can’t-miss new edition tonight to benefit You Gotta Believe! A stellar lineup of writers and actors will come together virtually to write, rehearse, perform and produce 19 all-new pieces in just 24 hours. Beginning at 6 PM ET, the monologues will be published, one every 15 minutes.
Andy Karl, Orfeh, Jessica Hecht, Rachel Dratch and More Join THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2020

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will bring the humor tonight with a special series of comedic monologues to benefit Gilda's Club New York City! A top-notch team of writers and actors will collaborate from afar to write, rehearse, perform and produce 18 all-new pieces in just 24 hours.

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