Kari Barclay (Intimacy Director) Kari Barclay is a writer, director, and intimacy choreographer based in Cleveland. Kari has directed intimacy for over 20 productions in Northeast Ohio. They write about theater and consent and have published articles and a book on the topic, Directing Desire, out from Palgrave Macmillan in 2023. Kari teaches theater at Oberlin College and has a Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University. kari-barclay.com.