CLAREN

GROSZ

THEATRE AND FILM MAKER, ARTIST AND WRITER

TORONTO - CALGARY

About Claren

“I’m a queer multidisciplinary artist from Calgary based in Toronto. I direct, write plays and poetry, paint and draw, submit a lot of grants and balance a lot of budgets.

I love good, evocative design. I want jaws on the floor. I love art that dives into the mess of humanity and embraces nuance, dissonance and discomfort. I love stories that challenge my own perspectives and introduce me to unfamiliar experiences. I love to work collaboratively and ambitiously, supporting others to accomplish big things.

In both my personal and professional life, I focus on deep listening, compassion and flexibility. Making art with a solid foundation of human-to-human trust and connection. This also impacts my politics, and I bring an [ever developing] intersectional awareness to my pursuit of antiracism and feminism within my practice.

When I’m not making art, I’m roasting chickpeas, working on my tennis backhand, tending the garden and teaching teenagers math on zoom.”