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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

“CREATION STORIES AND
ALL THE IMPORTANT IMPORTANTS”
A NEW PLAY
WRITTEN BY MFONISO UDOFIA
RELEASES PRODUCTION PHOTOS
AHEAD OF OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT!

DIRECTED BY TAMILLA WOODARD

Photos by Valerie Terranova available HERE.

New York, NY (October 1, 2026) – Lincoln Center Theater has released production photos of the world premiere production of the new LCT3 play creation stories and all the important importants, written by Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia (“13 Reasons Why,” “A League of Their Own,” “Lessons in Chemistry”), ahead of its opening night tonight, Thursday, October 1 at the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65^th Street).

To download production photos, please click here. (Photo credit to Valerie Terranova).

Directed by Tamila Woodard, creation stories and all the important importants stars Savannah Commodore as ‘little girl/the uncome,’ Donnetta Lavinia Grays as ‘the raffia/alexa/mr. cornell,’ and Abigail C. Onwunali as ‘thegrownwoman,’ with Justyce Taylor rounding out the cast as understudy.

The creative team for the play includes Jason Ardizzone-West (Scenic Design), Sarafina Bush (Costume Design), Alan C. Edwards (Lighting Design), Bailey Trierweiler & UptownWorks (Sound Design), Katherine Freer (Projection Design), Cassie J. Williams (Hair & Wig Design), Adesola Osakalumi (Movement Director), and The Telsey Office (Casting). Siena Yusi serves as the Stage Manager.

Tickets are on sale now at the Lincoln Center Theater box office (150 W. 65th Street), by phone (212-239-6200), or online at LCT.org.

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.

creation stories and all the important importants is supported by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Support for LCT3 is provided by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, and members of the LCT3 Council. Endowment support for LCT3 is provided by Daryl Roth, James-Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, and The Judith Champion Playwrights’ Vision Fund and Mel Litoff.

LCT season support is generously provided by Daryl Roth and American Airlines.

ABOUT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER

LCT’s mission is to bring exceptional theater to life. Building on a legacy of artistic excellence, LCT strives to expand what is possible: to make the magic of theater more palpable, empowering visionary artists and extending the invitation for the community to join in celebrating the power of live performance. To see that mission to fruition in a new era at the New York institution, commencing with the 2025-2026 season, Lear deBessonet assumed the role of Kewsong Lee Artistic Director, alongside Managing Director Mike Schleifer, Executive Producer Bartlett Sher, Stacey and Eric Mindich Producer Nicole Kastrinos, and Helen Gurley Brown LCT3 Artistic Director and Producer Maria Manuela Goyanes.

Established in 1985 by Board Chair Hon. John V. Lindsay, Director Gregory Mosher, and Executive Producer Bernard Gersten, and led for 33 years by André Bishop, LCT is one of the leading nonprofit theaters in the country, producing an annual season of plays and musicals that have been seen by millions around the globe. It is one of 11 autonomous constituents of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Each year, the three theaters that make up LCT welcome nearly 400,000 audience members to its home on the Lincoln Center campus.

Over the last 40 years, LCT and its outstanding productions have received many of the highest accolades, including 91 Tony Awards, 101 Drama Desk Awards, 84 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 36 Obies, 13 NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, and one Pulitzer Prize, as well as two finalists.

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