About CLUBBED THUMB

CLUBBED THUMB commissions, develops and produces funny, strange and provocative new plays by living American writers. CLUBBED THUMB is a groundbreaker, with a precise curatorial vision and a remarkable track record for launching artists’ careers; and an incubator, nurturing plays, collaborations, and above all artists, through thoughtfully deployed resources, opportunities, mentorship and hospitality.

CLUBBED THUMB plays range in form and content, but are always intermission-less, 90 minutes or under, with no history of production in NYC. They feature challenging and substantial roles for all genders, are questioning, formally inventive, theatrical, and express, somewhere in the text, a sense of humor. We are committed to providing opportunities for women, and to improving the quantity and quality of women’s roles in dramatic literature. We are committed to being an anti-racist organization.

CLUBBED THUMB has produced over 100 new plays, winning numerous Obie Awards as well as a Tony nomination for WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (Summerworks 2017), the most produced play in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons according to AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE. clubbedthumb.org

artistic director founder
MARIA STRIAR

producing director
MICHAEL BULGER

associate director of development
RACHEL MUELLER

programs manager
EMMA RICHMOND

development & producing associate
AMINA KHELIF

producing fellow
JULIANA MORGADO BRITO

script wrangler
BAILEY WILLIAMS

financial services
ARTSFMS

press representative
PRINT SHOP PR

chair
JENNIFER ALLYN

co-vice chair
JOHN C. BISHOP JR.

co-vice chair
FRED DASSORI

secretary
ERIN COURTNEY

treasurer
KYLE SARAUSKY

JILL BISHOP

MICHAEL BULGER

MAHESHIE CABRAAL

SARAH DI TROIA

JASON FERGUSON

NINA HELLMAN

BRIAN HERRERA

ANNE KAUFFMAN

LILLIAN OSEI-BOATENG

JONATHAN REBELL

JOSH SILVERMAN

MARIA STRIAR

DAVE TECSON

Actors' Equity Foundation
Arkay Foundation
Axe-Houghton Foundation
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Department of Cultural Affairs
Distracted Globe
Howard Gilman Foundation
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Mental Insight Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York Council on the Arts
Richenthal Foundation
Rockefeller Family Fund
Select Equity Group Foundation
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Foundation
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
The John Golden Fund
The Noël Coward Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Tobin Theatre Arts Fund
Tow Foundation
Venturous Theater Fund