What's Happening!

  • THE FAMILY DOG WILL RETURN IN 2027!

    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!

  • THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR GALA A GREAT SUCCESS

    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

  • MEET OUR 26/27 GROUP COHORTS!

    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!

  • THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SUMMERWORKS 2026

    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!

  • 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

SUMMERWORKS 2013

BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE

by Clare Barron
directed by Portia Krieger

With Danny Wolohan, Danielle Skraastad, Ismenia Mendes, Susannah Flood and Caitlin O’Connell

set design by Daniel Zimmerman
costume design by Sarah Laux
lighting design by Derek Wright
sound design by Brandon Wolcott
project design by Bart Cortright
stage manager Lisa McGinn
assistant costumer designer Sarah Gosnell

In which a freak storm knocks down all the trees in town and a prodigal daughter is taught a new way to pray. But the weird weather’s not over yet.

“FRAGILE, COMPLEX PIECE OF WORK…EXQUISITELY RENDERED… RUTHLESSLY CLEVER”
– Time Out New York, Baby Screams Miracle

May 24 – June 2, 2013

PHOEBE IN WINTER

by Jen Silverman
directed by Mike Donahue

featuring Gerry Bamman, Christopher Ryan Grant, Bobby Moreno, Chris Myers, Chinasa Ogbuagu and Jeanine Serralles

set designer Jason Simms
costumer designer Kaye Voyce
lighting designer Burke Brown
sound designer Stowe Nelson
fight direction J. Allen Suddeth
stage manager Devorah Jaffe
assistant costume designer Sarah Gosnell

In which the Creedy brothers trickle home from the war but knock knock! There’s someone at the door looking for payback and your place at the table.

June 7 – 16, 2013

LA BREA

by Gregory S. Moss
directed by Adam Greenfield

featuring David Wilson Barnes, Bill Buell, Crystal Finn, Rebecca Henderson and Gabe King

set design by David Evans Morris
costume design by Sydney Maresca
lighting design by Gina Scherr
sound design by Shane Rettig
projection design by Bart Cortright
choreography by Nicole Beerman
stage manager Sunny Stapleton
assistant costume designer Audrey Nauman
assistant set designer Kate McCrea

In which two Masshole siblings, amid a Hollywood vortex of strip malls and Scientologists, square off over how to live like a grown-up.

June 20 – 29, 2013