Claude McNeal is the Founder and former Artistic Director of the American Cabaret Theatre in Indianapolis. Claude has written, directed, and produced plays throughout the U.S. and Europe for the past thirty years. Some of his performance loccations include New York City, New Haven, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Tampa, Toronto, Boston, and Seattle among others.

Claude's amazing work as a master of contemporary cabaret and a visionary playwright has been acknowledged through awards from The Dramatists Guild, the Authors League of America, and the Rockefeller Foundation. In addition to his cabaret works, Claude has also written several full length plays: Felix was produced off-Broadway and presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre; San Fransisco Saturday Night was presented in London and at the Lincoln Center and included Stacy Keach and Trish Van Der Veer as part of the cast; Come to the Station was presented in London and New York City and included John Ratzenberger of Cheers fame and John Cleese as director; I Am of Ireland was produced at Carnegie Hall and featured Peter O'Toole and Siobahn McKenna. In addition, Claude has composed more than sixty songs, authored two books, The Making of a Grand Hotel and The New Theatre of Conscience (with L.E. McCullough), and is preparing to publish a book of poetry called Sensual Excuses.

Claude initiated theatre programs at the University of New Haven and Sacred Heart University, founded the Humanities Theatre Group in 1986, and initiated a summer theatre training program at Glacier National Park in Montana. Claude teaches creative writing and musical interpretation at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis. Since 1995, Claude has collaborated with the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa, Florida where his productions can be seen almost year round.

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