MEAT SUIT, or the shitshow of motherhood
Weight gain. Amnesia. Insomnia. Body dysmorphia. Exhaustion. Isolation. Blood, vomit, shit. Loss of sex drive. And the greatest love of your life. Everyone talks about how wonderful and life-changing motherhood can be — but why is something viewed as so positive also so horribly painful, frustrating, debilitating and seemingly impossible?
Performed in bouffon style by 5 mothers, Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood is a collage play composed of unapologetic vignettes and songs that captures the chaos, absurdity and heartbreak of motherhood. By centering mothers as a key to the birth/death cycle, Meat Suit reclaims their humanity and reinvents the paradigm of motherhood.
MEAT SUIT will premiere at Second Stage in February, 2026.
Original Songs by Leyna Marika Papach
Bouffon work by Sophie Amieva
Set & Costumes by Jian Jung
Lights by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew & Christina Tang
Sound by Megumi Katayama
Choreography by Catherine Galasso
Featuring: Marina Celander, Cindy Cheung, Robyn Kerr, Maureen Sebastian, Liz Wisan
MEAT SUIT has been developed at The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis through the 2023-2024 McKnight Foundation’s National Commission and Residency Program, the Mercury Store and New Dramatists.
