Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks Spring Soiree Set for 5/13

Clubbed Thumb -- the Obie Award-winning theater company known for SUMMERWORKS, its annual month-long season of new play premieres -- will hold a Spring Soiree benefit on Monday, May 13 at 6 p.m. at a private residence in Brooklyn. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by calling Clubbed Thumb's offices at 212-260-0153 or online at www.clubbedthumb.org.

Among those expected to attend the event are theater artists including playwrights Adam Bock, Erin Courtney and Peggy Stafford, directors Pam MacKinnon and Anne Kauffman, actors Nina Hellman and Jeremy Shamos, along with Clubbed Thumb's Producing Artistic Director Maria Striar.

The Spring Soiree is sponsored by Jaffurs Wine Cellar and Lagunitas Brewing Company.

SUMMERWORKS 2013 -- Clubbed Thumb's 18th annual season of world premieres -- will be presented from May 24 to June 29 at The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St. between Ave. A and B) in Manhattan.

SUMMERWORKS 2013 will feature productions of three new plays - BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE by Clare Barron, directed by Portia Krieger; PHOEBE IN WINTER by Jen Silverman, directed by Mike Donahue; and LA BREA by Gregory S. Moss, directed by Adam Greenfield.

Featured in the cast of BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE are Danielle Skraastad (ALL MY SONS, Bway; THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, The Public Theater), Danny Wolohan (GNIT, Humana Festival), Caitlin O'Connell (THE HEIRESS, Bway), Ismenia Mendes (HENRY V, Two River Theater) and Susannah Flood (TRIBES, THE MADRID).

The cast of PHOEBE IN WINTER includes Jeanine Serralles (MAPLE AND VINE, Humana, ROLLER SKATING, Atlantic Theatre), Bobby Moreno (Clubbed Thumb's LUTHER, HAND TO GOD), Gerry Bamman (AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, MERCHANT OF VENICE, Bway), Chinasa Ogbuagu (THE OVERWHELMING), Christopher Ryan Grant (MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET) and Chris Myers.

The cast of LA BREA features Rebecca Henderson (THE WHALE), Crystal Finn (Clubbed Thumb's LUTHER), Bill Buell (INHERIT THE WIND, Bway; 3C, Rattlestick) and Gabriel King (TROUBLE-MAKER, Berkeley Rep).

SUMMERWORKS 2013 tickets are $18 ($15 for students/seniors), and $39 for three shows FLEX PASS and can be purchased by calling (212) 352-3101. www.clubbedthumb.org.