What's Happening!
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SUMMERWORKS 2026
Whether it was your first Summerworks or your 29th, we are so pleased you could join us. CLICK HERE for photos, essays and press 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!
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SUMMERWORKS 2026 IS ALMOST HERE!
Our annual line-up of three brand-new plays is approaching, featuring: TITANS by Jesse Jae Hoon, directed by Tara Elliott; DERANGEMENTS by Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, directed by Annie Tippe; and THE FAMILY DOG by Bailey Williams, directed by Tara Ahmadinejad.
Running May 14 – Jun 30 at the Wild Project. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
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SUMMERWORKS 2025'S SOLD-OUT CRITIC'S PICK COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE RETURNS
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. 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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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
Nana Dakin
Nana Dakin is a Thai American director of new work, classics and devised performance based in New York City. Her work pursues social equity by examining the way culture is constructed and unsettling dormant biases. Upcoming: SUNWATCHER (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Global Forms Festival, Ancram Opera House Play Lab, The Civilians FINDINGS Series) and MAMMELEPHANT (Theater Row). Recent: WHITE PEARL (Royal Court Theatre), LOVE LETTER TO A SEED (Clubbed Thumb Winterworks), an all-female and non-binary production of Shakespeare’s RICHARD III (Lenfest Center for the Arts, NYC) and DAMAGE JOY (Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting). She has developed new work at Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYTW, The Tank, Joust Theatre Company, Weston Playhouse, and Columbia University’s International Play Reading Festival, including GOLDEN SHIELD by Anchuli Felicia King, a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Nana is a 2020/21 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow and in the 2020/21 Civilians R&D Group. She was a 2050 NYTW Directing Fellow in 2018/19. MFA Theatre Directing: Columbia University. www.nanadakin.com
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White Pearl
By Anchuli Felicia King
A scathing corporate satire set at a skin whitening cosmetics firm in Singapore.
World Premiere, Royal Court Theatre, London, 2019
sets & costumes by Moi Tran
lighting by Natasha Chivers
video by Ian William Galloway
sound by Nicola Chang
performed by Kae Alexander, Farzana Dua Elahe, Arty Froushan, Katie Leung, Kanako Nakano, Minhee Yeo, Momo Yeung
Richard III
By William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s tale of depravity and ambition is brought to life by an all-female and non-binary cast, redrawing the lines that define gender and power in this classic play.
Lenfest Center for the Arts, NYC, 2018
sets by Santiago Orjuela-Laverde
costumes by Emily White
lighting by Elizabeth Mak
sound by Pornchanok Kanchanabanca
performed by Brie Archer, Anya Banerjee, Tessa Barlow-Ochshorn, Hannah Benjamin, Elizabeth Chappel, Britta Kuhn, Katie Mack, Maya Martin-Udry, Rita McCann, Zainab Musa, Adaku Okpi, Alice Renier, Zo Tipp, Kea Trevett, Phoebe Wright
Love Letter to A Seed
An illustrated letter, invitation, and audio experience
for climate activists, artists and concerned beings
who are weary
and sometimes hang their heads in despair
and nevertheless
keep on tending
together
Clubbed Thumb Winterworks, 2021
creative producers Lanxing Fu and Jeremy Pickard of Superhero Clubhouse
music and additional words by Nehemiah Luckett
words and additional music by Orion S. Johnstone
visual design by Lexy Ho-Tai
audio mixing and master engineering by Mauricio Escamilla
guest voice performer vickie washington
guest cello performer Marika Hughes