A muted family dramedy is missing its mystical element and emotional engagement. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Venues: The Wild Project
8 June 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Coach Coach at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ June 3-13, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck reviews the second show in Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks, a darkly funny riff on the nature of identity in a postmodern age.
22 May 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Usus at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ May 16-28, 2024
By Loren Noveck
The first entry in Summerworks rides the line between stylized and cartoonish. Loren Noveck reviews.
25 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Grief Hotel at Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ June 21-July 1, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks closes with a delicate, funny, and touching exploration of grief and the search for human connection. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Deep Blue Sound at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ June 5-June 15
By Loren Noveck
This portrait of a community drifts into the disappointingly vague and episodic. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 June 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bodies They Ritual at Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ June 22-July 2, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Angela Hanks creates ten rich, nuanced roles for women in the third installment of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks. Loren Noveck reviews.
24 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: California at Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ 20th -31st May 2022
By Nicole Serratore
Trish Harnetiaux’s spooky comedy about fractured time, memory, and family blends melancholy with heart. Nicole Serratore reviews.
26 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: King Philip’s Head Is Still On That Pike Just Down the Road at The Wild Project
The Wild Project ⋄ June 19-June 29
By Lane Williamson
Clubbed Thumb wraps up its annual Summerworks with Daniel Glenn’s raucous play about governmental deadlock and the removal of a severed head. Lane Williamson reviews.
7 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: You Never Touched the Dirt at the Wild Project
The Wild Project ⋄ June 3-13
By Loren Noveck
A witty, smart production brings out the absurdity, the poignancy, and the cruelty in Zhu Yi’s rich script . . . and also, there are sheep. Loren Noveck reviews.
22 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Lunch Bunch at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ May 17-May 28
By Loren Noveck
“Pretzels are not a side dish.” The stakes of brown-bag lunches are higher than you might think. Loren Noveck reviews.