drip

drip was the dark and cathartic work from the multi-talented artist Morgan McDonald. Morgan first connected with the Shackleton team as part of the original cast of the Jimmy Jenkenheimer workshop. Through her enthusiasm and passion for Jimmy and her own work, a steady collaboration was formed between Morgan and Shackleton's Lead Producer Park Lytle.

drip was a near 6-month process of pre-production and rehearsal before finally culminating in its debut at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Morgan's spirit and deeply personal connection to her work resulted in an electric piece of theatre heralded by audience members as "One atomic bomb of a show!"

A fluid descent into the psychology of trauma. A girl fights to be free of the trauma tied to her estranged family. This crushing weight from the past, poisons the relationships of her present. Her customer continues to poke at the boundaries of their connection, while her lover fights to make any connection at all. Between the flashes of past agony and glimpses of an uncertain future, the girl takes refuge within the embodiments of her own mind, simply called Left and Right. drip creates a world of movement and memory, a flowing fountain of raw emotional expression. drip tackles the issue head on of how the human spirit responds to wounds that simply refuse to be healed.

drip is an unflinching immersion into the worlds of depression, sex work, domestic abuse, and sexual assault. It provides catharsis and connection to those who are at their most isolated. It is not the intent of drip to shock or sensationalize the violence and abuse women face, but to represent them without fear or restraint. Drip takes the audience on a journey of discovery, to understand the pushes and pulls in life that lead to the seclusion and mental evisceration of a shattered mind and body.