On an ordinary American morning in an American city, when its residents are driving to work and school, the abandoned car of a local high school student's mom sets off alarm bells that the city is under siege. A small group of parents, teachers, students, small business owners, employees-all remarkably ordinary people-band together and learn what it means to take care of one another, their community, and their future.
Funny, inspiring, and practical, Titans is the first and only published play about the ongoing immigration enforcement crisis.
Featured in Titans: A City Symphony
• Q&A with author Jesse Jae Hoon and Clubbed Thumb artistic director Maria Strier
• Essays and reflections on Titans by playwrights T. Adamson and Bailey Williams
• Photos from the original production
Premiered May 18, 2026
Originally Produced Off-Broadway by Clubbed Thumb at The Wild Project in New York, New York
Published October 28, 2026
Print Length 166 Pages
ISBN 979-8-9981410-0-3
Casting 6 females, 1 female/non-binary, 2 males. Flexible and Expandable.
Titans: A City Symphony Production Photos
Titans: A City Symphony
Clubbed Thumb, 2026.
Clockwise from top: Megan Lomax, Sharina Martin, Julia Brothers, Marvelyn Ramirez, Layan Elwazani, Shannon Tyo, Ben Langhorst.
Photography by Maria Baranova.
Titans: A City Symphony
Clubbed Thumb, 2026.
Irene Sofia Lucio, Reynaldo Piniella. Photography by Maria Baranova.
Titans: A City Symphony
Clubbed Thumb, 2026.
Sharina Martin.
Photography by Maria Baranova.
Titans: A City Symphony
Clubbed Thumb, 2026.
Shannon Tyo, Ben Langhorst.
Photography by Maria Baranova.
Praise for Titans: A City Symphony
“Jesse Jae Hoon uses a comic tone to convey the stress and outright danger of living in an American town in 2026 when you are an immigrant, or not white, or not wealthy, or all of the above. American civic as a counterbalance to American gothic.”
— Elisabeth Vincentelli
“★★★★★
An ingenious, antic, smart, (and funny) wake-up call of a play.”
— Sandy MacDonald
“An urban underdog adventure that adopts a screwball-comedy tone.”
— David Cote
“Tonally daring. Jesse Jae Hoon handles all this serious stuff with an intense silliness.”
— Dan Rubins