What's Happening!
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SUMMERWORKS 2025'S SOLD-OUT CRITIC'S PICK COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE RETURNS FOR SIX WEEKS - TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Tickets for Ro Reddick’s COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE are on sale now! The Summerworks 2025 Critic’s Pick, directed by Knud Adams, will return for an extended run co-produced by MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb and Page 73. Friends of Clubbed Thumb have access to $45 tickets throughout the run – CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS & INFO
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MEET OUR NEW GROUP COHORTS!
A very warm welcome to the incoming writers and directors taking part in Clubbed Thumb’s Early-Career Writers’ Group and New Play Fellowship!
Directors Terrence I Mosley, Liz Peterson and Hanna Yurfest will work on newly commissioned plays by Max Mooney, jose sebastian alberdi and Emma Horwitz respectively – stay tuned for a Winterworks announcement.
And we’re looking forward to getting to know Alyssa Haddad-Chin, Doug Robinson, Dylan Guerra, Jan Rosenberg, Jen Diamond, Nadja Leonard-Hooper, Sarah Grace Goldman and Yulia Tsukerman in this year’s writers’ group!
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THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR GALA A GREAT SUCCESS
Thanks to everyone who joined us to honor Crystal, Susannah, and Miriam, and to everyone who contributed to make it a truly special night.
We were moved by the warmth and generosity in the room on Monday October 6th — lots of hugs, laughter and a even few happy tears. These three are the real deal and we are lucky to know them; we’re excited to keep celebrating them and working with them for many years to come.
Actors are at the heart of what we do, and it’s not too late to support them with a gift to our 2025 gala! DONATE HERE
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SUMMERWORKS 2025
Whether it was your first Summerworks or your 28th, we are so pleased you could join us. CLICK HERE for some photos and essays from this season.
We’ll be spending the summer incubating and planning for the fall, but we have lot of news to share, so watch this space!
In the meantime, we’re pleased to announce that our outgoing board chair will match donations up to a total of $25,000 to support future remounts of Summerworks shows (like this season’s Deep Blue Sound). He wants us to keep it up – and so do we! CLICK HERE TO JOIN THAT EFFORT
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ANNOUNCING SUMMERWORKS 2025
Due to overwhelming demand, we’re adding performances this year – but Summerworks shows always sell out, so lock in your seats with a pass!
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THANK YOU FOR A GREAT RUN!
Spending the last two months with Deep Blue Sound has been a joy and a balm. We are deeply proud of the work, and humbled by the talent and dedication of this company of artists.
The show played for six sold-out weeks and we added as many shows as we could – but sadly, we closed this weekend. Thank you to the over 4,000 people who came to visit our island. And thank you to all the artists, staff, funders and friends who made it possible. This was a special one.
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NOW PLAYING: DEEP BLUE SOUND
Our “devastatingly beautiful” production from Summerworks 2023 returns for a limited engagement, in residence at the Public Theater. Now playing! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
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WINTERWORKS 2025 HAS COME TO A CLOSE
Thank you to the hundreds of people who joined as at Playwrights Downtown for the 10th annual Winterworks. We were so proud of the work these amazing artists made — and we managed to cram everyone in to share it. Congratulations especially to Directing Fellows Iris McCloughan, NJ Agwuna and Laura Dupper – read more HERE
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OUR NEW ANTHOLOGY - ON SALE NOW
We’ve been eager to put out a second anthology since Funny, Strange, Provocative was published in 2007, and the last year finally provided us with the time to take on this long-awaited project. We are thrilled to announce that Unusual Stories, Unusually Told, published by Bloomsbury/Methuen, is now available!
In it you’ll find seven Clubbed Thumb plays that span 18 years of our history, as well as essays and interviews about the work, and the often atypical processes that led to their productions.
Read more about the book and get your discounted copy (and our first anthology) HERE
• Maria Striar (Artistic Director) is a veteran performer and director who co-founded Clubbed Thumb in 1996. Interviews with her can be found in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, The Interval, American Theatre and more. She is an adjunct at Hunter College and a frequent respondent at UTAustin, Brown, NYU, and others. In 2010 her Artistic Directorship was honored at the inaugural Lily Awards, citing her work as a “fierce champion of new works and new writers…who has helped launch and/or develop the careers” of scores of playwrights, especially women.
• Michael Bulger (Producing Director) has worked in theater, film and television for myriad companies in New York and Los Angeles, including: St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Public Theater, The Cherry Lane Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Vice Media, NBCUniversal and Focus Features. He taught Creative Producing for four years at NYU/Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and is regularly a guest lecturer at a number of other colleges and universities. He co-edited the book Unusual Stories, Unusually Told published by Methuen/Bloomsbury in 2021. He has a B.A. in Visual Media Arts from Emerson College and a Masters in Arts Administration from Columbia University/Teacher’s College.
• Rachel Mueller (Associate Director of Development) has worked in development and event planning regionally at Dorset Theatre Festival, Pablo Center, Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, and Des Moines Metro Opera. In college, she served as a dramaturg in the New Jersey Play Lab’s inaugural Storyteller Studio cohort, stage managed as many shows as possible, and founded a theater education mentorship program for local students. She has a BA in theater with minors in creative writing and arts administration from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
• Emma Richmond (Programs Manager) has made theater with/at HERE, The Tank, Columbia University, Colt Coeur, and Audible, amongst others. She was The Tank’s 2022-23 Producing Fellow, and she holds a BFA from The New School of Drama with a minor in Interdisciplinary Science. She also co-founded and currently leads Trove, a theatre and live arts collective (troveirl.com).
• Amina Khelif (Development & Producing Associate) is a director and producer of new work who has made theater at/with JACK, The Tank, New York Theater Festival, GreenRoom42, The Vino Theater, and The East Village Basement. She was Clubbed Thumb’s 2025 Producing Fellow, and holds a BFA in Theater & Performance from Emerson College.