Too Fat for China

Tue, Oct 20 The Rat NYC Phoebe Potts’ award-winning solo show, Too Fat for China, is a darkly funny, brutally honest, and riotous journey through the absurdities and ethical minefields of the international adoption industry. Oct 20, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM The Rat NYC, 68-117 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA TOO FAT FOR CHINA follows Phoebe Potts, comic storyteller and professional Jew, as she tries, fails and eventually succeeds to adopt a baby. After a US adoption goes horribly wrong, Potts finds herself surprised, disgusted and ultimately resigned to the role she plays as a middle class white lady in the business of adopting babies in the US and internationally. Potts’ tragicomic journey is about looking for more, more love, more life and more family and will do anything to get it, including having her morals and values fold in on themselves. A native of Brooklyn, where everyone was indignant before breakfast, Potts learned to tell stories to get her family to like her and to understand thorny issues. In Too Fat for China, Potts uses humor and honesty to tell the irreverent story of the terrible things she did for love. WINNER: Best Solo/Cabaret Performance Broadwayworld.com 2025 WINNER: Best