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[Off-Broadway, 2025]
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[Off-Broadway, 2018]
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[Off-Broadway, 2014]
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[Off-Broadway, 2012]
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[Off-Broadway, 2010]
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[Off-Broadway, 2006]
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Awards and Nominations

The Lortels - 2015 - Outstanding Director

Ken Rus Schmoll, The Invisible Hand


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Obie Awards - 2012 - Special Citation

Ken Rus SchmollA Map of Virtue


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Obie Awards - 2012 - Special Citation

Ken Rus SchmollA Map of Virtue

News


Atlantic Theater Company Reveals Complete Dates for 2024-2025 Season

Atlantic Theater Company has revealed the complete dates for its 2024-2025 season. Atlantic’s 2024-2025 season will include Eliya Smith’s Grief Camp directed by Tony Award nominee Les Waters and more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Five World Premiere Plays Set for Atlantic Theater Company 2024-2025 Season

Atlantic Theater Company has unveiled its 2024-2025 season of five world premiere plays. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Cast and Creative Teams Set for Clubbed Thumb's SUMMERWORKS

Clubbed Thumb will present SUMMERWORKS. See who is starring, learn about the productions and see how to purchase tickets.
Listen: Playwrights Horizons Presents YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF as Part of Soundstage Podcast

Playwrights Horizons will present Erin Courtney’s You Can’t Hide from Yourself, directed by Kate Bergstrom—the latest episode of Soundstage. Listen now!
Clubbed Thumb Reveals Complete Lineup for 2024 SUMMERWORKS

Clubbed Thumb has revealed the complete line-up for the 27th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Photos: Inside Clubbed Thumb's 2023 Gala Honoring Anne Kauffman

Tony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb celebrated award-winning director Anne Kauffman at the 2023 Clubbed Thumb Gala, held on Monday, October 2 at Etsy Headquarters. Check out photos from the event here!
Initial Casts Set for SUMMERWORKS at Clubbed Thumb - Featuring Three New Plays

Clubbed Thumb has announced initial casting for the 26th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. Learn how to purchase tickets!
Complete Programming Set for Clubbed Thumb's 2023 SUMMERWORKS

Clubbed Thumb has announced the complete line-up for the 26th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. SUMMERWORKS will run May 18 – July 1, 2023 at The Wild Project.
Playwrights Horizons to Present New Season of SOUNDSTAGE Fiction Podcast - Listen to the Season 2 Intro Now

Playwrights Horizons will present the second season of Soundstage, its scripted fiction podcast. With plays written specifically for the audio format, not translated or recorded live from the stage, Soundstage has established itself as a singular, adventurous presence in both the podcasting and theater worlds. Listen to the Season 2 intro here!
Denise Burse, Nora Cole, Ebony Marshall-Oliver & More to Star in Clubbed Thumb's BODIES THEY RITUAL

Clubbed Thumb has announced complete casting for the final production of the rescheduled 25th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays, Bodies They Ritual. Performances will run June 22-July 2.
Performance Space New York to Present Ariana Reines' 24-Hour Performance DIVINE JUSTICE

Contemporary American culture is on trial, and the worst woman in the world is on hand to help figure out what’s wrong with us. Performance Space New York will present DIVINE JUSTICE, Ariana Reines’ 24-hour durational drama situating the feminine as the presumed authority of justice.
Clubbed Thumb Announces Casts for 25th Annual SUMMERWORKS Productions

Tony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb has announced complete casting for the rescheduled 25th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. 
Clubbed Thumb Announces Full Programming For 25th SUMMERWORKS Festival

Tony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb has announced the complete line-up for the rescheduled 25th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. SUMMERWORKS will run May 20 – July 2, 2022 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) and will feature productions of three new plays.
Applications are now open for Columbia University's MFA in Theatre

Special Offer - Applications are now open for Columbia University’s MFA in Theatre
Clubbed Thumb and Heidi Schreck Announce the CLUBBED THUMB CONSTITUTION COMMISSIONS

Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb and two-time Tony Award nominee Heidi Schreck have announced the Clubbed Thumb Constitution Commissions.
Philadelphia Theatre Company Receives Project Grant From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage for First Commission

Philadelphia Theatre Company is developing its first commission under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Paige Price. This brand-new musical, The Tattooed Lady, was awarded a Project grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Two River Theater Presents SEVEN HOMELESS MAMMOMTHS WANDER NEW ENGLAND

The Theater will revisit the play as part of the its 'Two River Rising' online benefit series with Leigh Silverman directing. Act 1 will stream live on Wednesday, September 16 and Act 2 with a Q&A on Thursday, September 17 at 7:00pm EDT.
Clubbed Thumb Postpones 25th Annual Summerworks

Tony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Bulger, Associate Artistic Director; Quinn Metal Corbin, Advancement Director) will postpone the 25th edition of SUMMERWORKS, its annual festival of new plays.
SPINDLE SHUTTLE NEEDLE, BODIES THEY RITUAL and More Announced for Clubbed Thumb's SUMMERWORKS Festival

Clubbed Thumb has announced the complete line-up for the 25th annual SUMMERWORKS, its festival of new plays. SUMMERWORKS will run May 15 - July 1, 2020 at The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd Street) in Manhattan and will feature productions of three new plays: SPINDLE SHUTTLE NEEDLE by Gab Reisman and directed by Tamilla Woodard; BODIES THEY RITUAL by Angela Hanks and directed by Knud Adams; and THE WOMAN'S PARTY by Rinne Groff and directed by Tara Ahmadinijad.
Applications Are Now Open Now for 2021 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Page 73) (Michael Walkup, Artistic Director; Amanda Feldman, Managing Director; Rebecca Yaggy, Director of Development; Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Founding Directors) announced today that applications are open for the 2021 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship and the Interstate 73 Writers Group.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Ken Rus Schmoll been nominated for?

Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The Invisible Hand, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for A Map of Virtue and Special Citation (Obie Awards) for A Map of Virtue.

What awards has Ken Rus Schmoll won?

Ken Rus Schmoll has won two Special Citations from the Obie Awards for A Map of Virtue.

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