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Aya Ogawa’s Meat Suit Completes Casting, Sets February Off-Broadway Dates

A mothers-led Second Stage 1st Stage production uses satire, song plus bouffon-inspired physicality to probe motherhood’s losses.

Overview

  • Previews begin February 11, 2026, with an official February 25 opening on the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
  • The principal cast features Marina Celander, Cindy Cheung, Robyn Kerr, Maureen Sebastian, and Liz Wisan.
  • Written and directed by Aya Ogawa, the production is presented under Second Stage’s 1st Stage initiative.
  • The creative team includes choreography by Catherine Galasso, scenic and costume design by Jian Jung, lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew and Christina F. Tang, sound by Megumi Katayama, and original music and lyrics by Leyna Marika Papach, with casting by Daniel Swee.
  • Billed as performed by mothers, the piece fuses physical comedy, sharp satire, original songs, and bouffon-inspired performance to explore the quiet deaths of autonomy, self, and desire that can accompany motherhood.