Cynthia Nixon Will Helm Staceyann Chin's MotherStruck Off-Broadway

Cynthia Nixon is once again directing off-Broadway! The Tony winner will helm the world premiere of MotherStruck written and performed by Staceyann Chin, beginning September 24 at Culture Project’s Lynn Redgrave Theater. Opening night is set for October 7.

The producers include Rosie O’Donnell, who said in a statement: “[Chin’s] account of growing up alone in Jamaica, without parents, of her plucky and deeply funny perspective about her unlikely survival, and of finding her voice in New York City, moved me deeply.”

MotherStruck sets forth Chin’s personal journey to motherhood as a single woman, lesbian and activist who does not have health insurance or a “serious, stable financial set up,” but wants to have a child. Told through Chin’s uniquely personal and poetic lens, this solo show explores how the process changed her life and how she makes peace with what she learns from the experience.