Motherstruck at Studio Theatre

Motherstruck

Studio Theatre
1501 14th St. NW Washington

As a teenager in Jamaica, Staceyann Chin lived in fear of an unwanted pregnancy. As a lesbian performance poet in Brooklyn in her ever-later 30s, she craves nothing more than a child...only to face twists of love, biology, and health insurance.

Thru - Nov 13, 2016

Wednesdays: 7:30pm

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Fridays: 7:30pm

Saturdays: 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Sundays: 2:30pm

Price: $20-$55

Box Office: 202-332-3300

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...After recounting the birth of her child (she gets through labor by repeatedly yelling a profane line from an Eminem song), the show shifts into a quieter, more poignant mode, as Chin wrestles with the responsibilities of single parenthood and strives to heal lingering rifts in her extended family. Throughout, while presenting a chapter of a specific and distinctive biography, "MotherStruck" ultimately ponders more universal questions about coming to terms with time, disappointment and the impossibility of perfection."

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- Celia Wren

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...There’s something marvelous about Studio’s programming of Stacey Chin’s MotherStruck. At heart the work is an outlier narrative framed like a fringe show. It flips the finger not only at mainstream social conventions but also at commercial theater’s constraints on what women playwrights can and can’t say. How often do we get to hear an unabashedly radical feminist holding forth first person on a mainstage in this town? Not very. Not even during last season’s Women’s Voices Theater Festival was there a voice quite like Staceyann Chin’s. Yet, praises be, her story now comes through—out, loud, and true."

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- John Stoltenberg

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

"...For a show with no explicit audience interaction, Chin seizes opportunities to speak directly to audience members, singling them out for quick, pointed moments and pushing the boundaries of rhetorical questioning. It is almost like the threat of a pop quiz, but far more fun."

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- Marshall Bradshaw

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

"...She was funny, down-to-earth a bit heartbreaking. Under the direction of Matt Torney, her story came to life. With brilliant audio choices and timing, perfect audience interaction, and clear blocking, Torney put the finishing touches on a great piece of theater."

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- Hannah Menchhoff

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