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 Anne Washburn
directed by Johanna McKeon
With Jeff Biehl, Elliotte Crowell, Laura Flanagan, Jennifer R. Morris, James Stanley, Jay Smith, T. Ryder Smith
Sets by Michael Carnahan
Costumes by Carol Ann Pelletier
Lights by Driscoll Otto
Sound by Emily Wright
Choreography by Karinne Keithley
In which true prophets, false prophets, and non-prophets battle for the salvation of ancient New York.
June 4 – 10, 2006
by Erin Courtney
directed by Pam MacKinnon
With Cohlie Brocato, Maria Dizzia, Sheri Graubert, Quentin Maré
Sets by Sue Rees
Costumes by Kirche Leigh Zeile
Lights by Dans Maree Sheehan
Sound by Jeremy J. Lee
In which an influential self-improvement guru suddenly finds herself the one who needs help.
June 11 – 17, 2006
by Rachel Hoeffel
directed by Kip Fagan
With Gerry Bamman, Zuleyma Guevara, Elizabeth Meriwether, Benjamin Pelteson, Everett Quinton
Sets by David Evans Morris
Costumes by Jessica Pabst
Lights by Garin Marschall
Original Music/Sound Design by Eric Shim
In which a paranoid paralegal negotiates loss, cigarette smoke, and sex in the supply closet.
June 18 – 24, 2006
Featuring the works of David Adjmi, Scott Adkins, Deron Bos, Andy Bragen, Kirsten Greenidge, Jason Grote, Kristin Kosmas, Julie Marie Myatt, Kristen Palmer, Molly Rice, Sonya Sobieski, Adam Szymkowicz, Alison Tatlock, Chris Wells, Gary Winter, and Anna Ziegler.
Direction by Scott Adkins, Sarah Benson, Samuel Buggeln, Mallory Catlett, Shana Gold, Maria Goyanes, Josh Hecht, Kristin Kosmas, Lou Morena, Brooke O’Harra, Katie Pearl, Mike Shapiro, Sarah Sunde, Chris Wells, Miriam Weiner, and Paul Willis.
These past five years have included more change than most, but in the shadow of all the Time Magazine-sized events are equally interesting stories, from the papers as well as from our own lives. People lose all their hair, paper fortunes are lost, waves of diet programs sweep the nation, seemingly ubiquitous celebrities disappear from view, extreme weather cycles shift. Come to the Ohio by 8pm on the 31st for this special (and we mean that in a slightly mysterious way) presentation, and help us usher in our 11th festival of new work.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 8pm
by Rinne Groff
directed by Hal Brooks
With Andrew Dolan, Meg MacCary, Piter Marek, Merritt Wever
Sets by Jo Winiarski
Costumes by Kirche Leigh Zeile
Lights by Kirk Bookman
Sound by Jill BC DuBoff
In which a woman becomes an architect and builds a dream home, but only in her dreams.
January 7 – 28, 2006