What's Happening!

  • WINTERWORKS 2025 HAS COME TO A CLOSE

    Thank you to the hundreds of people who joined as at Playwrights Downtown for the 10th annual Winterworks. We were so proud of the work these amazing artists made — and we managed to cram everyone in to share it. Congratulations especially to Directing Fellows Iris McCloughan, NJ Agwuna and Laura Dupper – read more HERE

  • NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 10TH BIENNIAL COMMISSION

    This year we lost one of our great comic dramatists: Christopher Durang. We’ve been reflecting on how powerful and much-needed savage humor like his is in a world like ours today. So, for the 10th Biennial Commission, please consider his work, especially from the 1980’s. Applications are due March 20th, 2025. Read more and submit yours HERE

  • ANNOUNCING A RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF SUMMERWORKS 2023'S DEEP BLUE SOUND

    We are thrilled to announce that Deep Blue Sound – which ran to sold-out houses at Summerworks 2023 – will return for five weeks this winter. After a wildly successful run of Grief Hotel earlier this season, we are excited to return to The Public Theater with another Summerworks hit. CLICK FOR TICKETS & INFO

  • THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR GALA SUCH A SUCCESS!

    Monday night’s Gala, celebrating our dear friends and collaborators dots, was beautiful, moving and very fun. Thank you to everyone who attended, performed, volunteered, donated and otherwise supported this very special night.

    See photos from the event on our Instagram (and tag @clubbedthumb if you’re posting your own)!

    At the event, we raised funds in honor of dots to help us better support the designers in our community – and we happily exceeded our goal. But there’s no such thing as a late donation! If you’d like to contribute to the fund, click HERE

  • OUR 2024 SEASON HAS COME TO AN END

    The last six months were the busiest in our history. We started with Winterworks at Houghton Hall in January, followed by six weeks of Grief Hotel at the Public in the spring, and we rounded it all out with Summerworks at the Wild Project, where we managed to cram in 47 performances over seven weeks.

    Some of you saw it all, some just a piece, and some met our work for the first time. We were thrilled to share it with all of you.

    Here are some photos and essays from the season, to tide you over until we have work to share again in the fall (or when we see you at our gala honoring dots!)

    Lastly: We had our most successful season at the box office ever. If you were there, you know it was full to overflowing. And you might remember that your ticket was pretty affordable—maybe even free. That’s important to us.

    But what that means is, even when we sell out all the time, tickets only cover a fraction (about 1/7th) of what it all costs, especially considering we pay people better every year (That’s important to us too!)

    Throughout the year, we support hundreds of artists, mostly early in their careers, whether in our writers or directors groups, readings, workshops, commissions, retreats, or in production. So, if you can, make a donation today and be a part of our effort to pay artists, to make beautiful, affordable work, and to do it even better next year!

  • ANNOUNCING SUMMERWORKS 2024

    We’ll be back at the Wild Project May 16th through June 29th with the 27th iteration of SUMMERWORKS, featuring: Usus by T. Adamson, directed by Emma Miller; Coach Coach by Bailey Williams, directed by Sarah Blush; and Find Me Here by Crystal Finn, directed by Caitlin Sullivan. Tickets on sale now! Learn more & get yours here

  • GRIEF HOTEL'S MAGNIFICENT ENCORE RUN AT THE PUBLIC THEATER

    We were thrilled to bring Summerworks 2023’s Obie-winning hit production Grief Hotel back for a six-week run at The Public Theater, in partnership with our friends New Georges. It was very special to dig back into the play and production with the exceptional group of artists who made it, and such a joy to share it with so many more people. We had a tremendous run – sold out, extended and beloved by critics and audiences – thank you to all who attended and to all who made it possible. CLICK HERE TO READ ESSAYS AND MORE ABOUT THE SHOW

  • 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

365 Days/365 Plays, Week 10

by Suzan-Lori Parks
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll

Costumes by Meghan Healy
Lights by David Ro
Sound by Leah Gelpe

Clubbed Thumb presented week 10 of 365 Days/Plays as a “lost happening” somewhere in the wilds of the city.

January 15-17, 2007

Empty (15th)
1ST SPEAKER: Quincy Tyler Bernstine
2ND SPEAKER: Sam Breslin Wright

Out To Sea (16th)
WOMAN: Quincy Tyler Bernstine
MAN: Sam Breslin Wright
PLAYERS: Craig Edwards, Yetta Gottesman, Nicole Howard, Charly Simpson, Andrew Zimmerman

A Fast Car Goes Fast (17th)
HONEY: Yetta Gottesman
SONNY: Craig Edwards
DRIVER: Nicole Howard

Outtakes (18th)
SPEAKER: Quincy Tyler Bernstine
EDITOR: Stacey Yen
OUTTAKES: Ashley Samona Baker, Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, April Evans, Elaine Evans, Rachel Evans, Nicole Howard, Carrie James, Amy Kersten, Ben Masur, Jessica McVea, Nina Mozes, David Myers, Aja Nisenson, Hubert Point Du Jour, Charly Simpson, Erika Villalba, Andrew Zimmerman

1-2-3 (19th)
1: Craig Edwards
2: Yetta Gottesman

Wings (20th)
1: Ashley Samona Baker
2: David Myers
3: Hubert Point Du Jour

Chicken Wings (21st)
DAD: Craig Edwards
SON: Hubert Point Du Jour

Action In Inaction (2nd Constant)
SOMEONE: Quincy Tyler Bernstine

365 Days/Plays Week 10; photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10; photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays by Susan Lori Parks, directed by Ken Rus Scholl; featuring Hubert Point-Du Jour and Company; photo by Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10 pictured: Company; photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10	pictured: Yetta Gottesman, Craig Edwards and Company	photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10	pictured: Craig Edwards, Hubert Point Du Jour; photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10	pictured: Yetta Gottesman, Craig Edwards, Nicole Howard; photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10	pictured: Hubert Point-Du Jour, Ashley Samona Baker, David Meyers	photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10	pictured: Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Hubert Point-Du Jour; photo by: Sam Breslin Wright
365 Days/Plays Week 10	pictured: Stacy Yen, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Charles Turner	photo by: Sam Breslin Wright