PHOTO FLASH: John Ellison Conlee, Jennifer Ikeda, Tony Torn at SummerWorks 2012 Launch Party

The Obie Award-winning Clubbed Thumb recently held a kickoff for its 17th annual program of new plays by emerging writers -- SummerWorks 2012 -- to feature three new plays presented May 26-June 30 at HERE.

Actors, playwrights, directors and designers joined Clubbed Thumb's Producing Artistic Director Maria Striar at the SummerWorks launch party.

Click here for TheaterMania's previous story featuring shows and casting for SummerWorks 2012.