CLARA PLESTIS
ABOUT
Emmy winner Clara Plestis is the Director of Development for Smart Dog Media, an innovative television production company. She is also a dynamic classically trained artist who can sing anything—opera, art songs, musical theatre, pop, cabaret—but has chosen to focus on jazz.
Since becoming the Director of Development for Smart Dog Media, Clara was on the discovery and development team for The Masked Singer. While spearheading all new formats, Clara has been on The Masked Singer team for all 13 seasons. Clara was the Executive Producer on “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic” a special event that aired on CBS and Paramount+ and for which she won a 2024 Emmy. Clara produced Love by A.I. with TBS (Tokyo Broadcast System), a show that was nominated for a 2023 International Emmy. She is the Executive Producer and creator of Song vs Dance, a show that Smart Dog partnered with TV Asahi on. She also was a producer on Unicorn Hunters on Amazon. Clara prides herself on her international TV partnerships. She also strives to create content that the whole family can watch and enjoy. In addition to development, producing and attending conferences like MIPCOM, Clara is a voiceover artist and background vocalist in SAG-AFTRA. She has sung on over 120 episodes of The Masked Singer and has written and sung numerous theme songs for unscripted shows like "Celebrity Show Off," that aired on TBS.
Clara has a Bachelor of Music with highest honors in classical vocal performance from The Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts in vocal performance from Cal Arts where she received the Lillian Disney Scholarship. While at CalArts Clara premiered a new work by the composer Eve Belgarian at the renowned Redcat Theatre of The Walt Disney Concert Hall. During Clara's last year at CalArts she created and starred in an opera-film about a Jewish Russian Immigrant coming to America. Clara has also studied classical voice at The Royal Conservatory of Scotland and at The Colburn School. Clara won the Hal Leonard Vocal Competition and the New Century Singers Scholarship.
Clara is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency.