What would we do without Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks? For almost 30 years Maria Striar’s badass downtown company and its annual festival has been a springboard for some of the most exciting new plays and playwrights in the country. Sarah Ruhl and Lisa D’Amour made their New York debuts at Summerworks, and more recently, it’s brought us Clare Barron’s Baby Screams Miracle, Agnes Borinsky’s Of Government, Will Arbery’s Plano, and Heidi Schreck’s all-the-way-to-Broadway rocket What the Constitution Means to Me, the most-produced play in the U.S. this past season. Now Clubbed Thumb has teamed with New Georges and the Public to bring back Liza Birkenmeier’s Grief Hotel, which got a special citation from the Obies after its Summerworks debut last year. Even if the play weren’t as…
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