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Clubbed Thumb Announces Plans for 20th Annual SummerWorks

Brooke Bloom, Kelly McAndrew, Mia Katigbak, and more will star in 2015’s installment of the annual series of new plays.

Playwright Jerry Lieblich will premiere his play D Deb Debbie Deborah as part of Clubbed Thumb's SummerWorks.
Playwright Jerry Lieblich will premiere his play D Deb Debbie Deborah as part of Clubbed Thumb's SummerWorks.

Clubbed Thumb has announced the full schedule and casting for SummerWorks, its annual series of new plays. Now in its 20th season, the program will run from May 20-June 29 at The Wild Project in Manhattan, and will feature productions of three new plays: D Deb Debbie Deborah by Jerry Lieblich, directed by Lee Sunday Evans (May 20-30); Card and Gift by Kate E. Ryan, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll (June 4-14); and Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by Will Davis (June 19-29).

D Deb Debbie Deborah, which follows one woman on "a voyage into a bizarre and unsettling world where losing your identity means losing it all," will star Brooke Bloom, Geoff Sobelle, Nick Choksi, Stacey Yen, and Kate Benson.

Card and Gift, which focuses on two women stuck in a small-town shop in New Hampshire, will star Mia Katigbak, Ella Dershowitz, and Laura Esterman, with additional casting to be announced.

Men on Boats, a play about the "true(ish) history" of an 1869 Grand Canyon expedition will star Kelly McAndrew, Kristen Sieh, Donetta Lavinia Gray, Hannah Cabell, Danaya Esperanza, Birgit Huppuch, Danielle Davenport, Becca Blackwell, Layla Khoshnoudi, and Jess Barbagallo.

For tickets to D Deb Debbie Deborah, click here.

For tickets to Card and Gift, click here.

For tickets to Men on Boats, click here.

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Card and Gift

Closed: June 14, 2015

Men on Boats

Closed: June 29, 2015