Harry Clark (playwright)

Former principal cellist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, he also played in a duo with his wife, pianist Sanda Schuldmann.

[2] Clark has premiered and/or recorded well over one hundred works by prominent composers including Samuel Barber, William Bolcolm, David Diamond, Libby Larsen, Benjamin Lees, Avery Sharpe, Robert Starer, and Iannnis Xenakis.

He has written over 50 dramatic works with or without music, collaborating with pianist André Watts, clarinetist David Shifrin, actor Michael York, and many others through his career.

Clark's concert dramas and plays have led to collaborations with many prominent figures from film, television, and stage, including Robert Beltran, Jill Clayburgh, Theodore Bikel, Edward Herrmann, Barbara Feldon, Mason Adams, Keir Dullea, Philip Bosco, Hayley Mills, Harvey Fierstein, Caroline Kava, Rosemary Prinz, Sandy Duncan, Tovah Feldshuh, Jessica Walter, Michael Learned, Ron Leibman, Sharon Gless, Jean Marsh, Elke Sommer, Kathleen Chalfant, Katherine Helmond, Beth Grant, Stephanie and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jasmine Guy, Talia Shire, Jenny Sterlin, John Rubinstein, Margot Kidder, Robert Picardo, Armin Shimerman, Shirley Knight, Lou Gossett, Jr., Bob Clendenin, John Schuck, Michael York, Richard Thomas, Jack Gilpin, and Lynn Redgrave.

His work has been premiered by pianist André Watts, clarinetist David Shifrin, The Miro String Quartet, and directed by Rob Ruggiero, Carey Perloff, Dan Guerrero, Deborah LaVine, Samantha Wyer and Troy Hollar.