Clubbed Thumb Announces Initial Casting & Creative Teams for SUMMERWORKS

Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Artistic Dir; Michael Bulger, Producing Dir) has announced the complete line-up for the 27^th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. "Summerworks" will run May 16 – June 29 at the wild project (195 East 3^rd St) and will premiere three new plays. This summer's plays are "Usus" by T. Adamson and directed by Emma Miller; "Coach Coach" by Bailey Williams and directed by Sarah Blush; and "Find Me Here" by Crystal Finn and directed by Caitlin Sullivan. The cast of "Usus" will include Ugo Chukwu, Annie Fang, Crystal Finn, Yonatan Gebeyehu, David Greenspan, Jon Norman Schneider and Mary Lou Rosato (Escaped Alone). Performances will run May 16 – 28, 2024. It's 1318 and six Franciscan friars are caught between the purity of their beliefs and a Pope who likes stuff. The it-shay is about to hit the an-fay. The creative team will feature set design by Ant Ma, costume design by Phuong Nguyen, lighting design by Marika Kent, and sound design by Carsen Joenk. Sunny Hitt will serve as the choreographer and Siena Yusi will serve as the PSM. The cast of "Coach Coach" will include Purva Bedi, Cindy Cheung, Becca Lish, Kelly McAndrew, Zuzanna Szadkowski, and Susannah Millonzi. A group of coaches – with the same credentials, but different specialties – gather for a weekend retreat. Some of them will leave as Platinum Practitioner Life Coaches with Dr. Meredith Martin's Action Coach Academy for Thinking Coaches. Some of them will not. The creative team will feature set design by Colleen Murray, costume design by Dan Wang, lighting design by Masha Tsimring & sound design by Johnny Gasper. Allison Raynes will serve as the PSM. The cast of "Find Me Here" will include Kyle Beltran, Constance Schulman, Miriam Silverman, Kathleen Tolan, Shannon Tyo & Frank Wood. A patriarch dies at 100 years old and three sisters open his will. One sister is worried she is next. One sister is determined never to be next. One sister is becoming invisible. The creative team will feature set design by dots, costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting design by Isabella Byrd and sound Mikaal Sulaiman. Caroline Englander will serve as the PSM. For a full schedule and tickets, visit www.clubbedthumb.org. Press contact; Print Shop PR (212/756-1248)...