Claire Willitt on the Intersections of Queerness and Spirituality and Creativity

Claire Willet is a powerful storyteller. Her plays are insightful and her Twitter threads impressive! Brian met Claire at an Ex-Gay Survivor conference years ago and it has been wonderful to see her thrive and flourish as a creative storyteller. 

Claire is a playwright, novelist, and former Catholic youth minister. Her most recent projects include “How Can I Keep From Singing?”, a play about the intersection of Catholicism and queerness. Her play “Dear Galileo”, which explores the intersection of Catholicism and astrophysics, has been workshopped across the country and her first novel, “The Rewind Files”, was published in 2015.

We talk with Claire about how her art embodies the intersection of queerness, spirituality, and creativity. She discusses what it means to her to remain in a religion that has caused so much harm and how telling her story through creative writing has been a therapeutic way to unpack and reconstruct her faith.

Resources:

Social Media: Twitter @clairwillet, IG clairewillettpdx

http://clairewillettwrites.com/ 

The Rewind Files by Claire Willett 

Ex-gay Survivor Conference video  

Join the online community Sanctuary Collective. 

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