Full-Length Plays

Southern Comforts

New York Premiere: Primary Stages
  • Directed by Judith Ivey
  • Starring Penny Fuller & Larry Keith
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World Premiere: Coconut Grove Playhouse, FL
  • Directed by Leonard Foglia
  • Starring Hal Holbrook & Dixie Carter​

Southern Comforts has been produced widely in regional theaters across the US and internationally.

​Select productions include:
  • Theatre Works, Palo Alto
  • International City Theatre, starring Michael Learned
  • Garry Marshall Theatre, starring Michael Learned
  • Georgia Ensemble Theatre
  • Invisible Theater, AZ
  • Parker Playhouse, FL, starring Hal Holbrook & Dixie Carter
  • Detroit Repertory Theater
  • Florida Studio Theater
Published by Concord Theatricals
1F, 1M
Accolades & Achievements
  • Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference | Participant
  • Susan Smith Blackburn Prize | Finalist
Reviews
  • ​"A delightful and sneakily sexy romance" - The New York Times
  • "Profound issues underlie this insightful, charming two-hander." - LA Times
  • "A lovely romantic comedy" - The Journal News
  • "Subscription theatre companies, take note. The lobby buzz after the show was downright deafening." - Variety
  • "Pure pleasure! A 90-minute charmer!" - NY Daily News
  • "Clark's unsentimental, perceptive piece portrays a late life courtship between two  independent-minded retirees."  - The New Yorker
  • "A funny and honest play that speaks true for all relationships regardless of age." - Show Business Weekly
  • "A joy from start to finish!" - BroadwayWorld.com

Secrets of a Soccer Mom

World Premiere: Snapple Theater, NYC
  • Directed by Judith Ivey
  • Starring Nancy Ringham, Carolyn Koslowski, and Deborah Sonnenberg​

Staged Reading: Gloucester Stage, MA
  • Starring Jill Clayburgh

Staged Reading: Blank Theater, LA
  • Directed by Daniel Henning
  • Starring Ann Dowd

​Secrets of a Soccer Mom has been produced widely in regional theaters across the US and internationally.

​Select productions include:
  • Invisible Theater, AZ
  • Hershey Area Playhouse, PA​
Published by Concord Theatricals
3F
Reviews
  • ​"Let's hear it for Soccer Moms, a diverting new play..." - The New York Times
  • "Soccer moms of the world, unite and jog over to the Snapple Theater Center to enjoy Kathleen Clark's new comedy." - Associated Press
  • "A sympathetic and compelling comedy with constant laughs." - Variety
  • "Secrets of A Soccer Mom puts the heart and 'sole' into comedy." - New York Daily News
  • "The true beauty of Clark's script, what makes her gentle tale all the more impressive is Nancy, Lynn and Alison are intriguing people and as we learn more about each woman, we are drawn closer, our connection to each woman underscored by their shared realities and the universality of their stories.   Genuinely funny." - BroadwayWorld.com
  • "...Secrets of a Soccer Mom will attract fans of both sexes, a high-octane rollercoaster ride you'll remember for a very long time." - Colorado Critics Corner

In the Mood

World Premiere: Berkshire Theatre Group, MA
  • ​Directed by Marc Bruni
  • Starring Erin Dilly, Stephen Buntrock, Arnie Burton, Jennifer Cody, Johanna Day, & Damien Young

Regional Premiere: Invisible Theater, AZ
  • Directed by Susan Claassen
  • ​Starring TBD
3F, 3M
Reviews
  • "Delightful new comedy with wit and sophistication...will produce a lift to the spirits... a funny, winning evening of frothy comedy at the Berkshire Theatre Festival." - Berkshire on Stage
  • "Laugh-out-loud funny" - The Daily Gazette, Berkshires 
  • "The whole play winks at another era and the works of old masters of farce like Noël Coward and Philip Barry." - Tucson Weekly
  • "Fast-paced comedy with delicious dialogue that will put you in the mood  for some hearty laughter and good fun." - Arizona Daily Star
  • "In the Mood is just the remedy for whatever ails you. You want a fun and enjoyable evening? Go see In the Mood. It will improve your mood greatly." - Tucson Green Valley News

What We May Be

World Premiere: Berkshire Theatre Group, MA
  • ​Directed by Gregg Edelmann
  • Starring Penny Fuller, Dee Hoty, Count Stovall, Carson Elrod, Carla Duren, & Samantha Hill​

Production: Invisible Theatre, AZ
(previously titled: Let's Live a Little)
  • Directed by Susan Claassen

Staged Reading: Theatre Row, NYC
(previously titled: The Seeing Place)
  • Directed by Gregg Edelmann
  • Starring Michele Pawk, Colby Minifie, Zachary Prince, Penny Fuller, Hal Robinson, Maureen Silleman
4F, 2M
Reviews
  • "A perfectly lovely, charming evening of theatre" - Broadway World
  • "A sweet-natured world premiere... Kathleen Clark crafts a charming love letter to the let's-put-on-a-show ethos of community theatre." - Exeunt NYC
  • "Clark is a great believer in the ability of the human spirit to survive; to find revitalization; new and/or renewed life in the most unlikely places at the most unlikely of moments... a transformative moment, both within this play-within-a-play, and on the Fitzpatrick Main Stage as well." - Berkshire Eagle
  • "Penny Fuller in a tour de force role" - Berkshire Bright Focus
  • "Clark provides something special... a distinctive, lovely theatre." - Talkin' Broadway

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World Premiere: Perry Street Theater, NYC
  • Directed by Alison Summers
  • Starring Lois Robbins, Schuyler Grant, Michael Piontek, Steven Barkhimer, James Doerr, Maduka Steady
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West Coast Premiere: Tamarind Theater, LA
  • ​Directed by Henry Polic II
  • Starring Lois Robbins, Schuyler Grant, Michael Piontek, Paul Meek, Hal Robinson, Mark Wheadle​
4F, 2M
Accolades & Achievements
  • Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference | Participant

In Development

Good Morning, Good Mother
2F
Reading: Byrdcliff Arts Guild, Woodstock, NY
  • Directed by Kathleen Clark
  • Starring Dee Hoty & Linda Benanti

Awilda
2F, 3M
Staged Reading: Berkshire Theatre Group
  • ​Directed by Jayne Atkinson
  • ​Starring **
Accolades & Achievements
  • Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference | Semi-Finalist
  • ​Southwest Theatre Productions Competition | Finalist

The Way We Dance

Musical Adaptation of In the Mood

Featuring ​Music & Lyrics by Danny Abosch
2F, 3M
Staged Reading: Shetler Studios, NYC
  • ​Directed by Marsha Mason
  • Starring Jarod Spector
Staged Reading: NJ Repertory Theatre
  • Directed by Kathleen Clark
  • Starring Erin Dilly, Stephen DeRosa, Zachary Prince

My Life with Men
1F, 5M
Staged Reading: WPA Theater, NYC
  • Directed by Bill C. Davis
  • Starring Lois Robbins, Mark Kudisch, Howard McGillin, Bruce MacViddie, Henry Polic II, & William Wise

 Short Plays

Letter to My Children
Performed: Primary Stages (Cherry Lane Theater), NYC
  • As part of the evening Morning in America
  • Directed by Sara Holdren

The March
Performed: Invisible Theater, AZ & Boston Center for the Arts, MA
  • Presented as a special event on the one-year anniversary of the Women's March on Washington​