Motherstruck Delays Opening at Culture Project's Lynn Redgrave Theater

MotherStruck, a one-woman play written and performed by Staceyann Chin and directed by Cynthia Nixon, has postponed its world-premiere run at the Culture Project's Lynn Redgrave Theater. Performances were initially scheduled to begin September 24 in advance of an October 7 opening.

Culture Project Artistic Director Allan Buchman released the following statement: "This is a show I have waited my whole producing career to produce. It gives voice to an important artist, poet, and performer – a black, Chinese woman who is gay and miles from the comforts of white elitism. Ms. Nixon has a probing theatrical intelligence that has prepared Staceyann to convey her perspective in a lively, humorous and touching manner to those individuals most disparately in need of her message. At this point, though, we do not have the resources to produce MotherStruck in the manner in which it deserves."

MotherStruck follows Chin's 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, the show explores how the process changed her life and how she makes peace with what she learns from this profound experience.

The production has not announced new performance dates at this time.