Meat Suit, or the s**tshow of motherhood tickets
About Meat Suit, or the s**tshow of motherhood
WARNING: Motherhood is not for the faint of heart...and neither is this play.
Meat Suit, or the s**tshow of motherhood, written and directed by Aya Ogawa, is a gloriously genre-defying theatrical carnival that plunges audiences into the raw, hilarious chaos of being a mom. Performed by mothers for mothers, or those who love mothers, or simply those who have mothers, this play blends bouffon-inspired physicality, sharp satire, original songs, and total absurdity. Beneath the bedlam and humor, Meat Suit confronts a deeper theme: how every birth triggers quiet deaths — the mother’s autonomy, sense of self, and personal desire — and whether anything of the person she was survives. Come laugh, cringe, and cry through the unfiltered mess no one warned you about.
Categories
Age
Ages 13+.
Start date
February 11th, 2026
End date
March 15th, 2026
This one takes a big swing. It’s very out there. Not necessarily a bad thing. But takes a lot of eye-rolling and groans before you actually get into it. In the end, was it worth the wait…?
Like motherhood and a true tragicomedy, Aya Ogawa’s thoughtful and insightful play is populated with strange bodies in weird landscapes. I laughed and cried and felt seen because motherhood is a rollercoaster shitshow that breaks you open and grows your heart to sizes you’d never thought possible.
It’s a highly stylized, in your face, bold, hilarious, truthful, and unapologetic commentary on the crazy side of motherhood.
Meat Suit, or the s**tshow of motherhood cast and creative team
By: Aya Ogawa
Songs by: Leyna Marika Papach
Director: Aya Ogawa
Choreography: Catherine Galasso
Producer: Second Stage Theater
Cast list: Maureen Sebastian (as Mother 1), Robyn Kerr (as Mother 2), Cindy Cheung (as Mother 3), Marina Celander (as Mother 4), Liz Wisan (as Mother 5)
Sets: Jian Jung
Costumes: Jian Jung
Lighting: Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew and Christina F. Tang
Sound: Megumi Katayama
Venue
The Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center
More information about Meat Suit, or the s**tshow of motherhood
Performed by mothers for mothers, or those who love mothers, or simply those who have mothers, the new play Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood throws bouffon-inspired physicality, sharp satire, original songs, and total absurdity into a blender to create this singular work. Beneath the bedlam and humor, Meat Suit confronts a deeper theme: how every birth triggers quiet deaths — the mother’s autonomy, sense of self, and personal desire — and whether anything of the person she was survives. Come laugh, come cringe, and come cry through the unfiltered mess no one ever warned you about.
Aya Ogawa is a Tokyo-born, Brooklyn-based artist. Ogawa has created plays at various New York venues that champion bold, new works, including HERE, Foundry Theatre, and The Play Company, and Ogawa has received an Obie Award for The Nosebleed (Japan Society/Chocolate Factory Theater, Lincoln Center Theater) which subsequently ran at Woolly Mammoth Theatre (2023) and toured the country.
What to watch for
- Aya Ogawa has won the Doris Duke Artist Award (2025) and Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting (2023).
- Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood performs at Signature Theatre's venue on 42nd Street.
- This season, Second Stage is also producing the Broadway premiere of Marjorie Prime, starring June Squibb.
- Ogawa is a New Dramatists resident and a MacDowell fellow.
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