What's Happening!

OUR NEXT OPEN APPLICATION COMMISSION IS NOW LIVE!

Every year Clubbed Thumb invites playwrights to propose plays inspired by a particular prompt. The application is free and open to all; the anonymous proposals are read by a panel of theater artists. The winning proposal(s) receive (or split) a $15,000 award and development support. (Read more about our new approach to play submissions HERE.)

This year, thanks to the gift of an anonymous sponsor, we are pleased to announce our next submission opportunity: Anthropology of the Workplace – a Margaret Mead Commission.

READ MORE & SUBMIT HERE
THE FAMILY DOG WILL RETURN IN 2027!

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!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR GALA A GREAT SUCCESS

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
MEET OUR 26/27 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 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!
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!
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

AFFILIATED ARTISTS

Knud Adams, director
Tara Ahmadinejad, director
Mark Barton, lighting designer
Jeff Biehl, actor
Adam Bock, playwright
Kristy Bodall, stage manager
Chris Brown, lighting designer/master electrician
Isabella Byrd, lighting designer
Sheila Callaghan, playwright
Dan Casto, actor
Shannon Case, production manager
Ugo Chukwu, actor
Erin Courtney, playwright
Oona Curley, lighting/scenic designer
Randy Danson, actor
Will Davis, director
Joshua Dickens, actor/graphic designer
Megan Schwarz Dickert, stage manager
dots (Kimie Nishikawa, Andrew Moerdyk, Santiago Orjuela-Laverde), scenic designers
Ethan Dubin, actor
Jill DuBoff, sound designer
Laura Esterman, actor
Kip Fagan, director
Crystal Finn, actor
Susannah Flood, actor
Gibson Frazier, actor
Leah Gelpe, sound and video designer
Zoë Geltman, actor
Donnetta Lavinia Grays, actor
David Greenspan, actor/playwright
Tilly Grimes, costume designer
Rinne Groff, playwright
Kate Hampton, actor
Lars Hanson, actor
Trish Harnetiaux, playwright
Carla Harting, actor
Jordan Harrison, playwright
Ann Marie Healy, playwright
Ian Helfer, actor
Nina Hellman, actor
Annie Henk, actor
Birgit Huppuch, actor
Dan Illian, actor
Mia Katigbak, actor
Anne Kauffman, director
Layla Khoshnoudi, actor
Tyler Kieffer, sound consultant
Christina Kirk, actor
Portia Krieger, director
Carson Kreitzer, playwright
Polly Lee, actress
Ethan Lipton, playwright
Meg MacCary, actor; Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director 1996 – 2009
Pam MacKinnon, director
Kelly McAndrew, actor
Keilly McQuail, actor
Matthew Maher, actor
Arnulfo Maldonado, scenic designer
Dave Malloy, sound designer/composer
Sydney Maresca, costume designer
Garin Marschall, lighting designer
Annie McNamara, actor
Raphael Mishler, prop & puppet designer
Corinn Moreno, stage manager
David Morris, set designer
Gregory S. Moss, playwright
Carolyn Mraz, set designer
Jan Munroe, actor/playwright
Mel Ng, costume designer
Paul Olmer, set designer/technical director
Sylvan Oswald, playwright
Robert Alexander Owens, actor
Jessica Pabst, costume designer
Susannah Perkins, actor
Hubert Point-Du Jour, actor
David Ramirez, technical director
Allison Raynes, stage manager
Sue Rees, set designer
Shane Rettig, sound designer/composer
David Roy, lighting designer/master electrician
Kate E. Ryan, playwright
Noah Scalin, visual artist/graphic designer
Gina Scherr, lighting designer
Ken Rus Schmoll, director
Heidi Schreck, actor/playwright
Mary Schultz, actor
Jenny Schwartz, playwright
Jon Norman Schneider, actor
Mark Shanahan, actor
Michael Showalter, actor/playwright
Miriam Silverman, actor
Jason Simms, set designer
Pete Simpson, actor
Mary Spadoni, stage manager
Peggy Stafford, playwright
Sunny Stapleton, stage manager
Dan Sturges, actor
Zuzanna Szadkowski, actor
Alison Tatlock, actor/playwright
Louisa Thompson, set and costume designer
Kathleen Tobin, dramaturg
Masha Tsimring, lighting designer
James Urbaniak, actor
Anne Washburn, playwright
John Wellmann, actor
Brandon Wolcott, sound designer
Danny Wolohan, actor
Kirche Leigh Zeile, costume designer
Mather Zickel, actor
Daniel Zimmerman, scenic designer