Summerworks 2026’s sold-out, hit production of THE FAMILY DOG by Bailey Williams, directed by Tara Ahmadinejad and starring the original cast will return for FOUR WEEKS ONLY, February 9 – March 6, 2027 at New York Theatre Workshop. Tickets will go on sale in a few weeks – sign up for our EBLAST to get updates, early access and special ticket deals!
Thanks to everyone who joined us to honor Josh Silverman, and to everyone who contributed to make it a truly special night.
It’s not too late to contribute to the Josh Silverman Fund! DONATE HERE
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 Cricket Brown, Marissa Joyce Stamps and Jillian Jetton will work on plays by Daniel Holzman, Aaron Ricciardi and Nikhil Mahapatra respectively – stay tuned for a Winterworks announcement.
And we’re looking forward to getting to know Agyeiwaa Asante, Ida Cutler, Carlin Feck, Fiona Gorry-Hines, Salwa Meghjee, Derick Edgren Otero, Jacob K. Robinson and Amy B. Tiong in this year’s writers’ group!
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!
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
at The Wild Project 195 E. 3rd St. (between Ave. A & B)
Tickets $25 | Students: $20 | Festival Pass $60
written by Trish Harnetiaux
directed by Knud Adams
With Kyle Beltran, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, David Greenspan, Emily Cass McDonnell and Pete Simpson
sets by Kimie Nishikawa
costumes by Sydney Maresca
lights by Oona Curley
sound by Peter Mills Weiss
production stage manager Corinn Moreno
Blessed with the can-do American spirit, a troop of dedicated shoe store workers embarks on a madcap odyssey of personal (employer-mandated) expansion.
May 19 – May 29, 2018
written by Angela Hanks
directed by Margot Bordelon
with Toni Ann DeNoble, Crystal Dickinson, Washington Kirk, Nicole Lewis, Christopher Livingston, Hubert Point-Du Jour and Markita Prescott
sets by Reid Thompson
costumes by Beth Goldenberg
lights by Marie Yokoyama
sound by Kate Marvin
production stage manager Rick V. Moreno
Mabel, Thalia and Peanut Brittle have ambitions (some of a spiritual nature), a few secrets, and some unfinished business. Whose vision, for the land uncultivated, will prevail?
June 4 – June 14, 2018
written by Will Arbery
directed by Taylor Reynolds
with Brendan Dalton, Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood, Ryan King, Cesar J. Rosado, Mary Shultz and Miriam Silverman
sets by Daniel Zimmerman
costumes by Stephanie Levin
lights by Isabella Byrd
sound by Mark Van Hare
choreography by Kelly Bartnik
production stage manager Kristy Bodall
Tonight, and later, and earlier, three sisters (no, not those ones) are stricken with a series of strange plagues. Let’s talk about family nightmares. I mean, uh, memories.
June 20 – June 30, 2018
The Bushwick Starr Presents:
Cute Activist
by Milo Cramer
directed by Morgan Green
produced by New Saloon, in association with Clubbed Thumb
with David Greenspan, Deepali Gupta, Annie Henk, Elizabeth Kenny, Ronald Peet and Madeline Wise.
Original Music Composition and Vocal Arrangement by Deepali Gupta
In a spoOoOoky town in mythical Connecticut where inequality reigns, a shadowy ring of part-time activists battle a baroque, tyrannical Landlorde.
Set Design by Meredith Ries; Costume Design by Sabrina Bianca Guillaume; Lighting Design by Cha See; Sound Design, Instrumental Arrangement and Orchestrations by John Gasper; Video Design by Stivo Arnoczy; Puppet Design by Amanda Villalobos; Prop Design by Cheyanne Williams; Lyrics by Milo Cramer; Producer for New Saloon: Caroline Gart; Stage Manager: Sam McCann; Production Manager: Russell Maclin; Technical Director: Drew Francis; Master Electrician: Megan Lang; Assistant Producer: Ryan Gedrich; ASM: Priscilla Villanueva
January 10 – February 3, 2018
by Eliza Bent
directed by Knud Adams
with Arjun Biju, Misha Brooks, Guillermo Contreras, Tori Khalil, Allegra Leal and Sangi Varsano
featuring April Matthis
set & props by Andrew Moerdyk
costumes by Avery Reed
lights by Abigail Wang
sound by Renee Yeong
stage manager Lauren Fitzgerald Veit
asst director Jack Serio
September 12 – 15, 2018
at The Robert Moss Theater, Playwrights Downtown
440 Lafayette Street, Third Floor