Geraldine Claire

Geraldine Claire was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, grew up in Philadelphia, and later moved to the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area. She attended Settlement Music School in Philadelphia and the University of Maryland and practiced as a real estate broker before embarking on her life career as an author, songwriter, and creator of her original musical play "Greener Grass," which is set for workshop production. Other works include a screenplay, "Shields of Honor," and an original musical in progress, "One Last Go Round." In addition to her current work, she has produced a children's book, due to be published soon, called "A Family Still, United Nations," which includes her music and lyrics of the same title as well as poems.

"The process of writing the Harbingers series has been and continues to be as rewarding as the development of my original musical plays. The children's book 'A Family Still, United Nations,' is such an inspiration, which will include a trailer for all to see. It is set in the form of a story with poems and triumphs over hills and valleys to the Magic Mountain. A young man's bigger-than-life birthday wish was realized when he awoke from a spectacular dream where his quest for humanity, human dignity, and human freedoms could spread from sea to shining sea the world over. The storybook is based upon catastrophes and epic poverty. It includes whirlwind storms, earthquakes, the birth of warfare, children who live under a bridge in Brazil, September 11, 2001---which changed our world forever---and then there was Hurricane Katrina, August, 29, 2005."

Geraldine Claire is artistic director and founder of DeRyan Theatre Workshop in Montgomery County Maryland where she resides.