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 Gregory Moss
directed by Davis McCallum
With Alex Anfanger, Matt Burns, Carie Kawa, Michael Zegen
Sets by Lee Savage
Lights by Miranda K Hardy
Costumes by Chloe Chapin
Sound by Dave Malloy
Puppets by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin
In which two thirteen-year-old boys stuck in the ‘burbs in the ’80s stumble upon punk rock and it’s hot and fast and angry and ALIVE like nothing they’ve ever seen or sniffed before.
June 6 – 13, 2009
by Madeleine George
directed by Hal Brooks
With Emily Ackerman, Randy Danson, Kelly McCreary
Sets by Alexis Distler
Lights by Lucrecia Briceno
Costumes by Becky Lasky
Original Music and Sound Design by The Broken Chord Collective
In which a pregnant linguist finds unexpected comfort sitting at the cage of a strange, compelling gorilla.
June 14 – 20, 2009
by Kristin Newbom
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
With Birgit Huppuch, Greg Keller, Christina Kirk, Andrew Weems, Debargo Sanyal
Sets by Sue Rees
Lights by Garin Marschall
Costumes by Kirche Leigh Zeile
Sound and Video by Leah Gelpe Salamon
In which a group of physically disabled fundraisers convenes at Dunkin’ Donuts to celebrate, detox, squabble, flirt, and become a family … or not.
June 21 – 27, 2009
With Susan Bernfield, David Herskovits, Melanie Joseph,
Robert Lyons, Kristin Marting and more!
Downtown toasts (and roasts) a beloved institution and home.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 8pm
The Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St between Spring and Broome