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
by Carson Kreitzer
directed by Pam MacKinnon
With Meg MacCary, Shawn Fagan, Frank Dowd, Steven Rattazzi, Lisa Rothe, David Wilcox and Carla Harting
Sets by Hallie Zieselman
Costumes by Jeannette McDougall
Lights by DM Wood
A group of traveling freak show performers who reveal a deep humanity underneath their crowd-drawing deformities.
June 3 – 20, 1999
by Erin Courtney
directed by James Hannaham
With Jan Munroe, Theresa Lee, Natasha Price, Garrett Domina, Ian Helfer, James Urbaniak, Sean Runnette, David Cohen and Trevor A. Williams
Sets by Ethan Crenson
Costumes by Tonya Canada
Lights by Mark Barton
Action — Speed — Excitement
June 17-19, 1999
by Brooke Berman
directed by Tim Farrell
With Monica Koskey, Trevor A. Williams, Benjamin Krevolin, Mariana Newhard and John Wellmann
Lights by Andy Hill
June 11 -13, 1999
by Deborah Eisenberg
directed by Pam MacKinnon
With Ian Helfer, Christina Kirk, Meg MacCary, Robert Owens, Maria Striar, Alison Tatlock and Jay Zaretsky
January 21 – February 7, 1999