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creation stories and all the important importants
First Preview: Sep 15, 2026
Opening Date: Oct 1, 2026
Closing Date: Nov 1, 2026
Playing @
Claire Tow Theater
150 West 65th St, New York City, NY 10023
Women give life. And life asks so much in return.
Nigerian playwright Mfoniso Udofia (13 Reasons Why, A League of Their Own, Lessons in Chemistry) makes her LCT3 debut with the world premiere of creation stories and all the important importants, an intimate, mythic new play from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary theater, with direction by Tamilla Woodard.
Centering on a midlife Black woman pulled between her many selves—child, future daughter, artist, possible mother—the play pulses with longing as its heroine races against the clock and the limits of her own body. Moving across time and space, from ancestor to AI, from dream cycle to IVF cycle, through music and ritual, Udofia weaves her own surprising folktale on the cost of creation and the impossible work of becoming.
Nigerian playwright Mfoniso Udofia (13 Reasons Why, A League of Their Own, Lessons in Chemistry) makes her LCT3 debut with the world premiere of creation stories and all the important importants, an intimate, mythic new play from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary theater, with direction by Tamilla Woodard.
Centering on a midlife Black woman pulled between her many selves—child, future daughter, artist, possible mother—the play pulses with longing as its heroine races against the clock and the limits of her own body. Moving across time and space, from ancestor to AI, from dream cycle to IVF cycle, through music and ritual, Udofia weaves her own surprising folktale on the cost of creation and the impossible work of becoming.
Performance Schedule
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Written By
- Mfoniso Udofia
Director
- Tamilla Woodard
TDF Tickets Offers:
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Full-price tickets:
$38.50 - $38.50
Accessibility
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Elevator/Escalator
Elevator access to the Claire Tow Theater is available via two elevators located inside the Beaumont lobby, -
Assisted Listening System
Assistive listening headsets and loops are located by the concessions bar in each lobby. -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair access to the Claire Tow Theater is available via two elevators located inside the Beaumont lobby, at the Lincoln Center plaza level. The lobby and box office open one hour prior to curtain. At all other times, please visit the main LCT box office for ticket sales and will-call pick-up. -
Restroom
Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the lobby levels of the Vivian Beaumont, Mitzi E. Newhouse and Claire Tow Theaters. -
Seating
Theatre entrance is at Row A which is the only row accessible to people using wheelchairs. There are two steps up per row to reach all other seats. -
Water Fountain
Water fountain available -
Entrance
Enter through the glass doors in front of the large curved mural, and use the access lift on the left. The doorbell next to the lift will call a security guard to assist if necessary. The Beaumont lobby and orchestra level is accessible by a ramp located to the right of the box office.
















