Which Witch

Our first socially engaged theater project, The Legend of Nüwa in the New Century, draws on the myth of Nüwa, the Chinese goddess of creation, to critically examine contemporary motherhood, women’s reproductive rights, undervalued care work, and gender inequality. Rather than treating motherhood as a private or naturalized condition, the project situates it within broader social, economic, and institutional structures. Read through a contemporary lens, this female creation myth poses a critical question: what kinds of labor, care, and responsibility are borne by women today, and how do historical imaginaries of creation and motherhood continue to shape—and obscure—these realities in the present?

The ongoing project includes the theater piece What? She, a mother?, the documentary theater project The Portrait of a Mother, the collaborative community theater project From Morning To Night, and a series of workshops for people who identify as women. Through these interconnected formats, the project creates spaces for women’s lived experiences to be shared, witnessed, and collectively reflected upon, foregrounding theater as a practice of social care and communal engagement.