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CLAY WILD MUNLEY

THEY/T[HE]M

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST | THEATRE-MAKER | INTIMACY DIRECTOR

EDUCATION   

PACE UNIVERSITY                                                                                              Fall 2021 - Spring 2025

Sands College of Performing Arts: Theatrical Directing and International Performance  New York, NY

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

THE INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS - BARCELONA                           Fall 2023  

Semester Abroad: Theatrical Directing and Production Design               Sitges, Barcelona‍ ‍

EXPERIENCE

Theatrical & Intimacy Direction

Director/Intimacy Dir.     THE FREAK FEAST!                 May 2025                     BrooklynONE’s Total Theatrical Takeover

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

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

Director/Co-Dramaturg     THE GREAT AWAKE                 Feb 2025                                                       Schaeberle Studio, NY

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

Director/Intimacy Dir.     PUSSY SLUDGE                 April 2023 Schaeberle Studio, NY

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


Assistant Direction & Dramaturgy

Dramaturg     GNAW!                       Aug 2025             Dir. Liadin Stewart        The Tank: Limefest Festival 2025

Assistant Dir. / Intimacy Dir.          Walls: Chloe’s Story                       Sep 2024      Dir. Georgia Evans                                 The Tank, NY

Assistant Director     RENT                       Dec 2024           Dir. Bob Cline                         Tribeca Performing Arts, NY

Assistant Director                             Antigone (Antigonick)                 March 2023 Dir. Cristina Angeles                      Schaeberle Studio, NY

Assistant Director / Dramaturg    Poof!                                                  April 2023            Dir. Jordyne Hebron                   Schaeberlie Studio, NY

Assistant Director                             Summertime                       April 2022 Dir.David Newman                       Alchemical Studios, NY

Assistant Director                       So Tell Me About This Guy                May 2022 Dir. Alexandra VanZwieten                        Theaterlab, NY

Assistant Director                             Little Shakespeare: Twelfth Night       Feb 2020            Dir. Emil Weinstein                          Two River Theater, NJ   


Intimacy Coordination 

Intimacy Coordinator     THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!    Oct 2025              Dir. Dixie O’Connell             Father Knows Best, NY

Intimacy Coordinator     Lesbian Bigfoot                       Oct 2025              Dir. Julie Monteleone                            T he Tank, NY

Intimacy Coordinator     The Intimacy of Dance                                   May 2025             Chor. Jarod Smith               Alven Ailey Theater, NY 

Intimacy Coordinator     M4M (Measure for Measure)                       Feb 2025              Rogue Arts                                               Purgatory, NY

Intimacy Coordinator                      Falsettos                       Nov 2024              Dir. Julia Erickson              140 Williams Street, NY

Intimacy Coordinator   The Last Goodbye   May 2025              Dir. Ellis Clay                      140 Williams Street, NY


Stage Management 

Stage Manager     SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD!            March 2026           Dir. Dixie O’Connell        Wonderville, NY

Assistant Stage Manager       [seapony]                             Aug 2025               Dir. Orion Johnstone       Dixon Place, NY

Assistant Stage Manager       The Prom!                         Dec 2022                Next Gen Theater       Theater 555, NY

Assistant Stage Manager       For Those Who Need It     April 2022            Dir.  Aris Federman             The Tank, NY


INTERNSHIPS & ASSISTANTSHIPS

PHYS FEST NYC: Technical Rehearsal Intern                                         January 2025

Supervisors: Mark Lonergan, Becky Baumwoll, K8 August         Stella Adler Studio of Acting, NY

  • Supported festival productions with tech-lighting, costumes, props, and sound/QLAB


THE NEW YORK NEO FUTUREISTS:  Intern / The Watch January -  June 2024

Supervisor: Rob Neill                             Theater 154, Christopher St, NY

  • Focus: Production Assistant, Props, and Audience Services

TWO RIVER THEATER: TheHoward Aronson Metro Scholars - Red Bank, NJ                             September 2019 - June 2020

Supervisors: Kate Cordaro,  Amanda Espinosa, Angela White                                        Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ

  • Focus: Theater Education and Audience Services


TRAINING 

THEATRICAL DIRECTION: Michael Goldfried, Cristina Angeles, Dana Greenfield, Emil Weinstein, Max Key, Reuben Jackson

INTIMACY DIRECTION: Dr. Alicia Mackie-Stephenson, Rocio Mendez, Samantha Kaufman, Elizabeth Jebran, Colleen Hughes

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


SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

CREATIVE TOOLS: Canva, Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Sites, Slides, Calendar), Microsoft (Office, Word, Excel), iMovie, QLAB

CREATIVE PRODUCTION AND DESIGN: Film, Photography, Music Videos, Devising, Choreography, Intimacy Direction and Coordination, Dance Theater, Puppetry, Clowning, Stage Combat, Costume Design, Prop Design, Scenic Design, Sound Design

MARKETING: Social Media Strategy, Media Campaigns, Event Planning & Promotion, Grassroots Organizing, Community Outreach, and Resourcing

STAGE WORK CERTIFICATIONS: Intimacy Direction: Consent Artist Certificate (IDC Professionals Certification), Unarmed Stage Combat (Society of American Fight Directors Certification)

WRITING AND DRAMATURGY: Script Development, Literary Analysis, Editorial Work, Magazines and Zines, Blog and Website Posts

Awards

The Denis Diderot Grant

Spring 2026

Excellence in interdisciplinary Studies

Queerness & Performance Research Panel

SOCIETY OF FELLOWS, NYC

Spring 2025



THE CHATEAU D'ORQUEVAUX ARTIST & WRITERS RESIDENCY, FR

PACE UNIVERSITY, NYC

Presidential Scholarship


Fall 2021 - Spring 2025