Clay Wild Munley

EDUCATION   

Pace University New York City, NY   

Sands College of Performing Arts: Theatrical Directing 2021 - 2025   

Dyson College of the Arts and Sciences: Women’s and Gender Studies     

The Institute of the Arts Barcelona               Sitges, Barcelona

Semester Abroad: Theatrical Directing and Production Design Fall 2023  

EXPERIENCE

Theatrical & Intimacy Direction

Director/Intimacy Dir. THE FREAK FEAST! Brooklyn ONE’s Total Theatrical Takeover | 2025

Director/Intimacy Dir.  GHOST PLAY Mabou Mines, NY | 2025

Director/Intimacy Dir. AN ENBY’S GUIDE TO CLOWNING AROUND! Dixon Place’s HOT Festival | 2025

Director/Intimacy Dir.  MOTHER EARTH, LET ME BLOOM! The International Human Rights Art Festival | 2024

Director/Co-Dramaturg THE GREAT AWAKE              Pace University’s IPE N.O.W. Festival | 2025

Director/Intimacy Dir.  PUSSY SLUDGE                 Schaeberle Studio, NY | 2024

Director Plot Points in Our Sexual Development          Mas Alba, Spain | 2023

Assistant Direction & Dramaturgy

Dramaturg GNAW! Dir. Liadin Steward Limefest 2025: The Tank, NY

Assistant Dir. / Intimacy Dir.   Walls: Chloe’s Story. Dir. Georgia Evans  The Tank, NY

Assistant Director RENT Dir. Bob Cline  Tribeca Performing Arts, NY

Assistant Director              Antigone (Antigonick)     Dir. Cristina Angeles  Schaeberle Studio, NY

Assistant Director/Dramaturg Poof!   Dir. Jordyne Hebron   Schaeberlie Studio, NY

Assistant Director              Summertime   Dir. David Newman   Alchemical Studios, NY

Assistant Director        So Tell Me About This Guy  Dir. A VanZwieten   Theaterlab, NY

Assistant Director           Twelfth Night      Dir. Emil Weinstein Two River Theater, NJ   

Intimacy Coordination 

Intimacy Coordinator The Intimacy of Dance       Chor. Jarod Smith     Alven Ailey Theater, NY 

Intimacy Coordinator. M4M (Measure for Measure)   Rogue Arts NYC     Purgatory, NY

Intimacy Coordinator  Falsettos   Dir. Julia Erickson  140 Williams Street, NY

Intimacy Coordinator The Last Goodbye Dir. Ellis Clay 140 Williams Street, NY

Assistant Stage Management

Assistant Stage Manager [seapony] Dir. Orion Johnstone. Dixon Place, NY

Assistant Stage Manager The Prom! Next Gen Theater Theater 555, NY

Assistant Stage Manager For Those Who Need It The Tank, NY

Internships & Assistantships

PHYS FEST NYC: Technical Rehearsal Intern - Stella Adler Studio of Acting, NY Winter 2025

Supervisors: Mark Lonergan, Becky Baumwoll, K8 August                           Focus: Supported festival productions with tech-lighting, costumes, props, and sound/QLAB

The New York Neo-Futurists: Intern / The Watch - Manhattan, NY January 2024 - June 2024

Supervisor: Rob Neill                                   Focus: Production Assistant, Props and Audience Services

Two River Theater: The Howard Aronson Metro Scholars - Red Bank, NJ         September 2019 - June 2020

Supervisors: Kate Cordaro,  Amanda Espinosa, Angela White                 Focus: Theater Education and Audience Services

TRAINING 

DIRECTING: Michael Goldfried | Em Weinstein | Cristina Angeles | Dana Greenfield 

INTIMACY DIRECTING: IDC PROFESSIONALS CERTIFICATION 

DEVISING AND MOVEMENT: Adrienne Kapstein | Ianthe Demos | Nora Wooley 

STAGE MANAGEMENT: Chris Zaccardi | Katie Silver

SCRIPT ANALYSIS: Thomas Keith | Carlyle Owens

STAGE COMBAT: Sean Michael Chin, Michael Chin