Boot Camp 2006, December 3-16

Clubbed Thumb is cooking in Hell's Kitchen! For the first two weeks of December, Clubbed Thumb squats at Playwrights Horizons for a series of readings and developmental workshops.

Sunday, December 3rd at 3:00pm
Novel
by Anna Ziegler
directed by Pam MacKinnon
with Lynn Cohen, Ron Cohen, Patch Darragh, Geraldine Librandi, Matt Maher, April Matthis, Mark Nelson, Bruce Norris, Larry Pine

When Harry attends a conference in Baltimore, he discovers a assortment of unusual world record holders in the same building, and his imagination is sparked. A play that grapples with grief, guilt and the fictions we create, Novel is funny, sad, and poetic as it follows Harry on his journey towards personal redemption.


Wednesday, December 6th at 8:30pm
Beyond the Owing
by Malachy Walsh
directed by Matthew Arbour
with Mary Bacon, Jeff Biehl, Cecil MacKinnon, Megan McQuillan, Jeff Steitzer

Deeply in love. Even more deeply in debt. With a wedding not far off, it's time to sort out who owes who. And for what.


Friday, December 8th at 8:30pm
Goodbye April, Hello May
by Ethan Lipton
with Joanna Adler, Bill Coelius, Gibson Frazier, Matt Maher, Kelly Mares

Violence. High Prices. Despair. How could you live in a place like this? A comedy about life in the new Gaza strip: Coney Island.


Saturday, December 9th at 3:00pm
Common Decency, A Parable
a 2006 NYSCA commission
by Ann Marie Healy
directed by Kip Fagan
with Frank Anderson, Guy Boyd, Diane Ciesla, Maria Dizzia, Lula Graves, Marielle Heller, Matt Stadelmann, Jeff Steitzer

Ladies everywhere doing all sorts of strange things: Taking and being taken, Passing on and being passed up, Falling in love and falling apart. What begins as a rollicking winter season of sexual abandonment ends with a chilling blood wedding as the tiny town of Calumet converges and kills in their quest for a common decency.


Saturday, December 16th at 11:00am
Greedy
winner of the inaugural Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission for 2005-2006
presented with New Dramatists' PlayTime developmental studio
by Karl Gajdusek
directed by Pam MacKinnon
with Michael Gladis, Nina Hellman, Ana Reeder, Joanna. P. Adler and Ned Eisenberg

In the wake of an emailed plea for money with the promise of big returns, five people struggle with their greed, hope, desire, and integrity.