On Monday, October 6th 2025 at the Etsy Headquarters in DUMBO, Clubbed Thumb will be honoring Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood and Miriam Silverman.
These three actresses are at the very heart of what we do — as individual artists and as exemplars of their craft. Where would Clubbed Thumb be without actresses like them — and without these actresses specifically?
Crystal, Susannah and Miriam have been integral to our work for the last 15 years, and we are thrilled to announce we’ll be celebrating them at our gala this fall. CLICK FOR MORE
Whether it was your first Summerworks or your 28th, we are so pleased you could join us. CLICK HERE for some photos and essays 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!
In the meantime, we’re pleased to announce that our outgoing board chair will match donations up to a total of $25,000 to support future remounts of Summerworks shows (like this season’s Deep Blue Sound). He wants us to keep it up – and so do we! CLICK HERE TO JOIN THAT EFFORT
Spending the last two months with Deep Blue Sound has been a joy and a balm. We are deeply proud of the work, and humbled by the talent and dedication of this company of artists.
The show played for six sold-out weeks and we added as many shows as we could – but sadly, we closed this weekend. Thank you to the over 4,000 people who came to visit our island. And thank you to all the artists, staff, funders and friends who made it possible. This was a special one.
New play directors who have worked at least three years outside of an educational setting, and who plan to be in NYC September 2025 through January 2026, are welcome to apply for the fellowship by completing the form HERE – applications due April 1st!
Our “devastatingly beautiful” production from Summerworks 2023 returns for a limited engagement, in residence at the Public Theater. Now playing! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
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
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
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
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
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 Ann Marie Healy
directed by Brooke O’Harra
With Hannah Cabell, Beth Hoyt, Meg MacCary, and Hubert Point-Du Jour
Production Design by Peter Ksander
Costumes by Tara Webb
Sound by Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg
In which that damn war just keeps going on and on, and three scrappy gals sit and wait and wonder: When will he call?
June 8 – 14, 2008
by Sylvan Oswald
directed by Alexis Poledouris
With Jeanine Serralles, Tracee Chimo, Lisa Rafaela Clair, Rebecca Hart, Caroline Tamas, Ariana Venturi, Sam Breslin Wright, Jenny Seastone Stern, Ginger Eckert
Sets by Jason Simms
Costumes by Jessica Pabst
Lights by Gina Scherr
Sound by Joe Varca
Choreography by Tracy Bersley
In which Vendetta, a late bloomer at a Victorian girls’ school, must save her friends and her family from a legacy of trouble — and it’s all in the dance moves.
June 15 – 21, 2008
by Sigrid Gilmer
directed by Robert O’Hara
With Spencer Scott Barros, Glenn Cruz, Amanda Duarte, Tim Frank, Hasani Issa, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Edward Nattenberg, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Gita Reddy, Paco Tolson
Sets by Caleb Levengood
Costumes by Clint Ramos
Lights by Raquel Davis
Sound by Daniel Odham
In which Robert and Nora, a couple on the rise, get a big promotion, a bigger house, and a brand new slave.
June 22 – 28, 2008
Featuring proposals by Stephen Brackett and Rachel Shukert, Kip Fagan, Michael Levinton and Mallery Avidon, Pam MacKinnon and Bruce Norris, KJ Sanchez and Lanthrop Walker, and Anne Washburn and Gordon Dahlquist
In which teams of artists will propose missing legislation YOU will have the chance to vote in…or veto…
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 at 8pm
The Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St between Spring and Broome
by Jordan Harrison
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
With Gio Perez, Heidi Schreck, Brian Sgambati, and Rebecca Wisocky
Sets by Sue Rees
Lights by Garin Marschall
Costumes by Kirche Leigh Zeile
Sound by Leah Gelpe
The Frau used to make beautiful films for a fascist government. Now she’s trying to direct a film that’s simply beautiful. The Frau casts herself in the lead role of the Amazon queen Penthesilea, who falls for Achilles on the battlefield of the Trojan War. But when her actors start disappearing, it becomes difficult for the Frau to ignore the real war outside her soundstage. Inspired by the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl.
January 5 – 26, 2008
Previews January 3 and 4