Born in Japan and raised in North Carolina, Claire Moyer found her way to Philadelphia via teaching English in France, working at a museum in New York, graduate school in Scotland, and directing and devising in London. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2014, she has made a name for herself with her “sensitive, humorous, and perfectly-paced direction.”

Claire's directing work has been recognized with four Barrymore Award Nominations: Outstanding Direction of a Musical (2019 - The Monster in the Hall), Outstanding Direction of a Play (2016 – Spine; 2017 - Radiant Vermin) and Outstanding Overall Production of a Play for her first ever Barrymore-eligible show (2016 - Spine.)

For six years she was the Literary Manager and then Associate Artistic Director for Inis Nua Theatre Company which produces new writing from the UK and Ireland. Her Inis Nua credits include A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy (American Premiere), Fishskin Trousers by Elizabeth Kuti (American Premiere), The Monster in the Hall by David Greig, The Swallowing Dark by Lizzie Nunnery (American Premiere), Swallow by Stef Smith (American Premiere), Radiant Vermin by Philip Ridley, Spine by Clara Brennan (American Premiere), and The Letter of Last Resort by David Greig. 

At Inis Nua Claire also curated and produced an annual reading series that showcased the most exciting voices in British and Irish theatre through the lens of a shared theme, such as medicine, aging, starting a family, and immigration.

Claire’s creative directing style has been seen at many other area theatres, most recently at Hedgerow Theatre with an evocative revival of The Weir by Conor McPherson. During the COVID shutdown she directed The Scar Test by Hannah Khalil, an innovative and immersive theatre-film hybrid for the Villanova University Master’s in Theatre program. Previously, she directed Donna Orbits the Moon by Ian August as part of Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie, and A Pint series; adapted J.M. Barrie’s haunting Mary Rose for Philadelphia Artists’ Collective which was staged in a colonial mansion and on the grounds of the Victorian Woodlands Cemetery in West Philadelphia; and a sold-out reworking of Catch-22 at Curio Theatre. Claire has directed projects for Philadelphia Theatre Company, Revolution Shakespeare, First Person Arts with The Free Library of Philadelphia, the PYP New Voices Festival, Drexel Players, and the Louisville Jane Austen Festival.

Claire received her BA from Drew University, trained in classical theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and holds an MA in Directing from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.