CLAY WILD MUNLEY (they/t[he]m) is a fiercely inventive, non-binary, interdisciplinary artist, deviser, and intimacy director whose work blurs the boundaries of movement, queer embodiment, and theatrical invention. Based between Brooklyn and New Jersey, Clay conjures experimental and absurdist worlds that place gender-queer bodies and radical intimacy at the forefront of narrative. Their trajectory is underscored by both institutional recognition and high-visibility press coverage. Clay’s productions and accolades have been featured in The New York Times, Broadway.com, and Howlround Theatre Commons.

Professionally rooted in major New York theatre institutions, Clay has assisted productions at Off-Broadway venues including Mabou Mines, Under St Marks, and TheatreLab. They’re a graduate of Pace University and the Institute of the Arts Barcelona with a dual arts degree in Theatrical Directing & International Performance and Women’s & Gender Studies. Clay also holds an Artist Consent Certification through IDC Professionals NYC and a Stage Combat Certificate from the Society of American Fight Directors—further underlining the safety-forward, collaborative ethos at the heart of their work. Their academic research in intimacy direction, queer performance, and devised theatre earned them a recipient of The Denis Diderot Grant through The Chateau d'Orquevaux Artists and Writers Residency in Chaumont, France, for March 2026.