PhotosInside Clubbed Thumb's 2019 Gala, Honoring Playwrights Heidi Schreck, Jaclyn Backhaus, and Sarah DeLappeThe April 22 event honored female playwrights and their contributions to the American theatre.
By
Nathan Skethway
April 26, 2019
-Sarah DeLappe, Jaclyn Backhaus, Heidi Schreck, and Anne Kauffman
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Downtown theatre company Clubbed Thumb held their 2019 gala April 22. The evening honored playwrights Heidi Schreck (What the Constitution Means to Me), Jaclyn Backhaus (Men in Boats), and Sarah DeLappe (The Wolves) for their "feminist disruption of the American theatre."
The gala featured special guests Tatiana Maslany, Lila Neigebauer, Grace Gummer, Pam MacKinnon, and Anne Kauffman, as well as appearances and contributions by The Bengsons, Jess Barbagallo, Kathleen Chalfant, Eisa Davis, Will Davis, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Kathryn Hahn, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Lisa Kron, Jo Lampert, Bebe Neuwirth, Gayle Rankin, Sarah Ruhl, Leigh Silverman, Lois Smith, Amber Tamblyn, and more.
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Photos: Clubbed Thumb's 2019 Gala
Photos: Clubbed Thumb's 2019 Gala
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Ada Westfall and Jo Lampert
Heidi Schreck and Anne Kauffman
Elke Young
Sarah DeLappe
Sarah DeLappe, Pam McKinnon, and Anne Kauffman
Heidi Schreck, Sarah DeLappe and Jaclyn Backhaus with Rosdely Ciprian, and Anne Kauffman
The new institution will honor multiple honorees, with separate dimmings reserved for those a committee designates as having had a significant and lasting impact on Broadway.