SECOND STAGE THEATER PRESENTS

MEAT SUIT, or the shitshow of motherhood

 

Written and directed by Aya Ogawa

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Previews Begin        February 11, 2026 

Opening on              February 25, 2026

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Off-Broadway on The Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street) 

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Meat Suit, or the shitshow 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.