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 Lisa D’Amour
directed by Anne Kauffman
With Mel Jurdem, Meghan Love, John McAdams, Robert Alexander Owens, Mary Shultz, and Maria Striar,
Sets by Alexander Dodge
Costumes by Miranda Hoffman
Lights by John-Paul Szczepanski
Sound by Matthew Burton
Jane Withers, former kindergarten teacher and certified lifeguard, crosses the earth hunting down a powerful magnate, his cosmopolitan wife, and their jaded daughter at the behest of a mysterious “panel”.
May 3 – 25, 2002
by Erin Courtney
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
With Effie Johnson, James Urbaniak, John Wellmann, Nina Hellman, Brian Quirk, Anna Hayman and Abigail Savage
Sets and Lights by Garin Marschall and Paul Olmer
Costumes by Kelly Hanson
Sound by Todd Griffin
An American writer relocates to England with her husband, has difficulty assimilating, and finds her alienation taking on the supernatural form of a cigar-chomping garden gnome.
May 6 – 9, 2002
by Adam Bock
directed by Drew Barr
With Meg MacCary, Kate Hampton and Tim McGeever
Sets by David Morris
Costumes by Kim Gill
Lights by Juliet Chia
Sound by Kai Harada
May 13 – 16, 2002
by Liz Duffy Adams
directed by Jonathan Silverstein
With Dan Sturges, Austin Jones, Ami Shukla, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Keith Davis, Maria Porter, Mark Leydorf, Gibson Frazier and Ryan Shogren
Sets by David Morris
Costumes by Alysia Raycraft
Lights by David Zeffren
Sound by Mark Huang
The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It
January 11- February 2, 2002