Claire Haupt

(She/Her/Any)

Chief Strategy Officer

Claire is a people, production, and project manage. With a passion for workflow efficiencies, common sense, and dedication to the wellbeing of people over product, Claire comes to Living Arts with a decade of managerial experience and a deep desire to continue learning and growing.

Claire has also worked as a production manager at Chicago Humanities Festival, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Dorset Theatre Festival, as well as on the production management teams at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. She holds a B.A. with honors in Theatre and Performance Studies with a focus in Production Management from the University of Chicago.

In her spare time, you can find her doing Zumba, making plans, or playing tabletop roleplaying games – all of which she finds inform her management style.

Q: What is the most memorable or most impactful art experience you've had as an adult?

A: Production Managing I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter at Steppenwolf. I was lucky enough to be able to manage the initial in-person production, as well as the audio drama remount during the 2020 lockdown. Not only was that piece so special and beautiful, but the humans working on it were some of the best of the best and I am blessed to have been a part of it.