Clubbed Thumb's DEEP BLUE SOUND at The Public

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Posted: 3/7/25 at 1:33pm

The reviews are very positive.  Anyone caught this?  https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/clubbed-thumb/deep-blue-sound/

Written by Abe Koogler (Kill Floor, Staff Meal) and directed by Arin Arbus (Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune), DEEP BLUE SOUND will once again feature Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett (The Notebook), who won an Obie Award for "her transformative, fearless, empathetic turn" in this "devastatingly beautiful play" (2023 Obie Committee). The cast also features Arnie Burton (Dracula:A Comedy of Terrors), Crystal Finn, Jan Leslie Harding, Mia Katigbak, Ryan King, Armando Riesco, Miriam Silverman, and Carmen Zilles.


New York Stage Review
DEEP BLUE SOUND: A QUIET, GENTLE, WHALE OF A PLAY  By Steven Suskin   https://nystagereview.com/2025/03/06/deep-blue-sound-a-quiet-gentle-whale-of-a-play/

★★★★☆ Maryann Plunkett and an excellent cast spark a return engagement of Abe Koogler's play


NY Stage Review
DEEP BLUE SOUND: A WHALE OF A TALE  By Melissa Rose Bernardo  https://nystagereview.com/2025/03/06/deep-blue-sound-a-whale-of-a-tale/

★★★★★ Clubbed Thumb’s production of the poignant Abe Koogler play returns for a much-deserved encore run at the Public Theater.


TheaterMania  Review: In Deep Blue Sound, the Orcas Have Gone Silent, but the Humans Are Quite Vocal

 https://www.theatermania.com/news/review-in-deep-blue-sound-the-orcas-have-gone-silent-but-the-humans-are-quite-vocal_1766630/

Few plays successfully combine gut-wrenching pathos with a steady stream of belly laughs. Each story in Deep Blue Sound could support its own play. Koogler sends us off marveling at the great tragicomedy that we all get to enact, just by living on our own little islands scattered about this strange, challenging biosphere.


Culture Sauce
‘DEEP BLUE SOUND’ updates ‘Our Town’ for the modern age of isolation 
https://culturesauce.com/2025/03/06/deep-blue-sound-off-broadway-review/

Tony winner and The Notebook star Maryann Plunkett is reprising her Obie-winning performance from the Clubbed Thumb play's 2023 run.

Koogler’s brilliant play captures a fundamental contradiction at the center of modern living — our yearning to engage with those around us as well as our fear that we might be rejected or dismissed. Deep Blue Sound is a perceptive parable for our divided age, a reminder that those who work up the gumption to try to save the whales may have a better target far closer to home: themselves. ★★★★☆

Updated On: 3/7/25 at 01:33 PM

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Posted: 3/7/25 at 2:28pm

Extended through April 5th, 2025.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Clubbed-Thumb-to-Present-One-Week-Extension-for-DEEP-BLUE-SOUND

Updated On: 3/8/25 at 02:28 PM

[Melissa25]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 2:57pm

I am scheduled to see it in 2 weeks. This sounds like my cup of tea especially after reading Sara Holdren's review.

Here is a nice discount code CTFAN25.

Where’s Willy? Abe Koogler’s Deep Blue Sound By Sara Holdren

 

https://www.vulture.com/article/theater-review-abe-kooglers-deep-blue-sound.html

 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 6:52pm

Observer

Review: Whale-Loving Islanders Drown In Fathomless Loss in ‘Deep Blue Sound’ - David Cote .  
https://observer.com/2025/03/review-whale-loving-islanders-drown-in-fathomless-loss-in-deep-blue-sound/

Playwright Abe Koogler's portrait of a group of Pacific Northwesterners is rich, funny and devastating, with a cast that's a tasting menu of acting brilliance.
 

Updated On: 3/7/25 at 06:52 PM

[MaxineElliott]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 11:07pm

I am so happy this play is selling out and got great reviews! it's sooo good. 

I would love to see a full realized production with proper sets, costumes etc outside of the blackbox format. 

[Tex5]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 1:43am

... extended through April 5th, not the 15th.