MotherStruck! at The Greenhouse Theater Center

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...Both deus ex machinas are deeply moving. Each, in different ways, reminds us how, whatever our circumstances, we work to give our children better lives. And - with her daughter grinning at her mother's audience, loving every second - Chin's face was consumed by a huge smile, letting us know that everything had been worth doing."

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...There's power in Chin's honesty, not just about mothering but also about her sexuality and financial insecurity (she's nearly evicted), as well as her choice to get pregnant on her own. Like Hughes, Chin is playful, coy, and magnetic onstage. Ron Russell's dynamic direction keeps the nonlinear story moving and dynamic; what could be maudlin or bathetic is profound in Chin's telling."

Windy City Times - Recommended

"...The same woman had just spent a considerable amount of time on her back re-enacting the various stages of her insemination and pregnancy for her one-woman show Motherstruck!-so much more than an ode to lesbian motherhood. Motherstruck!-embodying what academics call intersectionality-illustrates Chin's experiences as a mixed race, Jamaican-born, Black lesbian. A heartwrenching and humorous interrogation into maternal inheritance and motherhood, Motherstruck! swiftly moves from Chin's fleeing of her homeland to the birth of her daughter through an engaging and powerful narrative."