Clubbed Thumb and Page 73 will come together to co-produce a run of Ro Reddick's Cold War Choir Practice, the first announced production for Clubbed Thumb's 2025 Summerworks festival of new plays. The work will be the final offering of the festival, with casting, creative teams, and dates to be announced.
Obie winner Knud Adams (English) will direct.
The new musical work centers on a prominent Black conservative who brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays, creating an unplanned reunion that brings the family's long-simmering political tensions to the fore. The work features a script, music, and lyrics by Reddick.
Reddick is a member of Page 73's 2025 Writers Group, and is a 2024-2025 DGF Playwriting Fellow and Playwrights' Center Core Apprentice. Also a performer, Reddick has been seen Off-Broadway in Silence! The Musical and on screen in The Americans, Louie, and Sex and the City 2.
“Page 73 has been a treasured peer company for decades—what a pleasure to finally join forces,” says Clubbed Thumb Artistic Director Maria Striar in a statement. “In a time of discord, collaboration is gold.”
"What a treat to dive in with Clubbed Thumb, and particularly to get to experience the excitement of Summerworks from the inside," adds Page 73 Artistic Director Michael Walkup. "Ro's ambitious, idiosyncratic piece is the perfect project for us to rally our resources around."
Ticket sale dates are to be announced.
