Ciera Gardner

An only child from the ‘burbs of NYC, with a wild imagination, pent up energy and early exposure to Broadway, Ciera was dealt the right hands to be a storyteller and creator. Brandishing the mouth of a sailor, and the cackle of ancestral tricksters, Ciera yearns to bring freedom of self in all forms of art. Pridefully unapologetic, each piece of art Ciera is fortunate to have a hand in, is built on a foundation of what it means to accept the grotesque, melt down the sugar coating, and find comfort in the crude. Ciera can frequently be found crafting a character’s full being for the stage as an actor, devising productions from the ground up with fellow collaborators, notably the former multidisciplinary art group Plant Me Here, or teaching acting for artists of all ages, elementary through college.