What's Happening!

  • 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

SUMMERWORKS 1997

Waco, Texas, Mon Amour

 
by Karl Gajdusek
directed by Karl Gajdusek
 
With Lars Hanson, Elizabeth Juviler, Dennis Fox, Billie James, Dan Illian, Kate Malin and Bob Caccomo
 
Sets by Vince Mazeau
Costumes by Karen Flood
Lights by Jay Worthington
 

A house in Texas. A daughter who is pure evil. A negotiator for The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco and Firearms. We’re gonna burn, baby.

 
July 16 – August 3, 1997

Pricked
 
by Erin Courtney
directed by Maria Striar
 
With Carol Holmes, James Urbaniak, Meg MacCary and Jan Munroe
 
Sets by Erik Fenstad Langdalen
Costumes by Glen Eden Einbinder
Lights by Matthew Smith
 
Lust, nostalgia, and despair: a homecoming play.
 
July 17 – 19, 1997

Tiny

 

by Bridget Carpenter
directed by Jim Gaylord

 
With Kate Hampton and Dan Casto
 

In a series of heartbreakingly hilarious short scenes, we follow Tiny — a semi-celebrity clown and game show host — as his career implodes in Los Angeles. Faced with increasingly awful failures and embarrassments, will Tiny manage to hold on to his desperate illusion of stardom?

 
June 24 – 26, 1997

Dead Wait

by Carson Kreitzer
directed by Randy White