Cold War Choir Practice tickets
About Cold War Choir Practice
Get Cold War Choir Practice tickets to see the return engagement of this hit play, a Critic's Pick in The New York Times. Cold War Choir Practice plays for a limited time only this winter, starting February 21, at MCC Theater following the comedy's acclaimed run at Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks festival in 2025. Directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams (English), Cold War Choir Practice in New York is Ro Reddick's delightful play about Reaganomics, disco, and cults, all set around the holidays.
Cold Way Choir Practice off Broadway "is infused with choral music and spiked with espionage," per The New York Times. In this new play, a young girl gets tied up in some intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holiday season. What follows is a fugue on war, economy, and music, all handled in surprising and moving ways.
Run time
1hr 40min. No intermission.
Categories
Age
Ages 4+. Children under the age of four are not permitted into the theaters.
Start date
February 21st, 2026
End date
April 5th, 2026
“A brilliantly weird, hilarious fever dream you'll love”
Weird, Wonderful, and Wildly Entertaining
Audiences are absolutely raving about this delightfully bizarre theatrical experience that blends absurdist humor with unexpected heart. The show masterfully balances hilarious comedy with poignant mo...
What It Feels Like
- Wildly original
- Hilariously absurd
- Unexpectedly poignant
You’ll Love This If…
- You appreciate dark comedy with surprising depth
- You enjoy inventive storytelling that takes risks
- You love theater that feels fresh and relevant
A clever story reimagining the craziness of the cold war.
Funny, touching piece about political manipulation.
A young Black girl participates in a choir for peace amidst the Cold War and tries to reckon with the changing world and how she and her family fit into it.
Stars on stage
Grace McLean
Cold War Choir Practice cast and creative team
By: Ro Reddick
Director: Knud Adams
Producer: MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, Page 73
Cast list: Alana Raquel Bowers (as Meek), Will Cobbs (as Smooch), Crystal Finn (as Virgie), Andy Lucien (as Clay), Lizan Mitchell (as Puddin), Ellen Winter (as the Choir Leader), Grace McLean, Suzzy Roche, and Nina Ross (as members of the Choir)
Sets: Afsoon Pajoufar
Costumes: Brenda Abbandandolo
Lighting: Masha Tsimring
Sound: Kathy Ruvuna
Other info: Music direction by Ellen Winter, movement direction by Baye & Asa
Venue
More information about Cold War Choir Practice
Clubbed Thumb, who premiered this work at its flagship festival, Summerworks, downtown in 2025, now brings its hit show back to Midtown at The Newman Mills Theatre at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theatre Space. A new play with music also co-produced with Page 73, Cold War Choir Practice is emblematic of Clubbed Thumb shows: funny, strange, and short, all lasting 90 minutes or less.
Clubbed Thumb shows include downtown wonders Grief Hotel and Deep Blue Sound and also others that have gone onto bigger lives, like Broadway's What the Constitution Means to Me. This new play is just as rigorous, and innovative, as its events are underscored by the cryptic Syracuse, New York chapter of the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus. The Cold War was a period of secrets and espionage, and this play will have some intrigue of its own. Don't miss what The New York Times calls "a brainy new comedy."
What to watch for
- Playwright Ro Reddick is a member of the Page 73 Writers Group and a ‘24-’25 DGF Playwriting Fellow.
- Director Knud Adams has won an Obie Award and directed back-to-back Pulitzer winners, English and Primary Trust.
- Of the original run, The New York Times wrote, "the play, with a jewel-studded cast, finishes this year’s edition of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival on a high."
- Post-show talkbacks are held on March 4, 5, and 18.
Tickets
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