ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Tyler Riley (he/him) is a New Jersey native. He graduated in 2013 from Stockton University with a B.A. in Theatre Studies. After graduating, Tyler had an 8-year career in house management, most notably at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, and at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, BA.

Tyler hopes that in this current role, he can help make Company of Fools even more equitable and inclusive by expanding our talent and design pools. He also aims to create lasting artistic partnerships with theatre service organizations and other theatre companies.

DIRECTOR OF MOTLEY ENDEAVORS

A California transplant, Clare Solly (she/her) has been a staple in the NYC theatre scene for over a decade. She joined Company of Fools in our inaugural season and performed the sole female role in True West.  Many of her theater and film credits can be found on her website ClareSolly.com, including her nomination for Best Supporting Actress at The San Tropez Film Festival in 2015.  

A woman of many talents, Clare is a published author and her novels can be found on Amazon.  She is also the 2022-2023 America’s National Elite Beauty Queen.

Thoroughly addicted to theater, Clare is also the Executive Director of The Bechdel Group, and she occasionally appears on Broadway as “The Usher Who Helped You To Your Seat.” 

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Alexandra (she/her) is pleased to be a part of the Company of Fools team. She has been called the “Swiss Army Knife of Theatre.”

Favorite acting roles include Gertrude in Hamlet, Mrs Alving in Ibsen’s Ghosts and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Film and tv credits include featured roles in the Award Winning film Relevance, Gossiping Grams and an appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Alexandra produced her One Woman Show RANT! Shakespeare and Dating in NYC, at the Secret Theatre NY.

Full Length plays include Sunny Shores, a dramedy about family and Quickly’s, a mash-up of King Lear and Henry IV 1&2.

For more info go to alexandracremer.weebly.com.

CO-FOUNDER & LITERARY DIRECTOR

Cameron Clarke (he/him) is a producer, actor, and director with a vast breadth of independent theatre experience. Embracing the term "professional goofball & renaissance man" Cameron is also a writer, stage magician, clown, and educator. A proud Ecuadorian-American, a native of Virginia, and a passionate advocate for a diverse independent theatre community, Cameron founded Company of Fools (with managing director Collin Blackard) in 2016 in order to foster the exhibition and growth of early-career artists. His passion for diversity, inclusion, and new works has driven the company’s mission, and he is proud to now act as literary director & dramaturg-in-residence.

Directing credits with Company of Fools include our inaugural production of True West, a reading of The Pillowman, and CoF’s recent productions of Plucker and Belleville. A voracious reader and writer, Cameron is also an MFA candidate in writing at Randolph College and the lead fiction editor of The ASP Bulletin, a literary magazine. Cameron can be reached with questions or to submit work at literary@companyoffoolstsheatre.com.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Michael Lee (he/him) is a theatre producer and general manager. He has a background in education, marketing, and analysis. He is grateful to Tyler Riley for introducing him to this ambitious organization and looks forward to helping Company of Fools to be a curious and standard-setting theatrical leader.

Michael is proud to be a supporter and partner to artists that are looking to create bold new works and stretch the existing boundaries of theatres across peoples, places, and forms of media, with importance given to growth and sustainability outside of the traditional spheres of power.

He says he likes to sing show tunes but in reality, only can ever remember the words to the first couple lines of any given chorus. (It helps if the song title is part of the main lyric, but even that isn’t a guarantee.)

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR EMERITUS

Collin Blackard (he/him) is an actor and improvisor hailing from Oklahoma!  He owes a lot to his family and mentors, and is proud to work with Company of Fools.

He received a degree in Theatre from Oklahoma Baptist University.  He lived in Chicago and graduated from the Second City Conservatory and iO training center.  Collin continued his studies in New York at UCB, The Lee Strasberg Institute for Film and Theatre, and The New York Theatre Academy.  
Collin is proud to have played Lee in CoF's maiden production, True West.  His career highlights include Danny: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Adam: Yankee Tavern, Adam Long: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Henry: The Fantasticks and many more.