CAMP Rehoboth theatre to present ‘Drip Feed’ Feb. 23-25

CAMP Rehoboth Theatre will present “Drip Feed,” a one-woman show by Karen Cogan, directed by Russell Stiles and starring Tara Wisely. 

“Drip Feed” performances will begin at 8 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 23 to 25, at CAMP Rehoboth’s Elkins-Archibald Atrium, for its first production in the United States. The Saturday show will feature an ASL interpreter. Tickets are $20 and available for purchase at camprehoboth.com.

“Drip Feed” takes place in Cork, Ireland, in 1998. It follows an obsessive odyssey through the city: dancing on tables, 3 a.m. breakfast rolls and waking up on the wrong person’s doorstep. Cogan's monologue play is an infectious dark comedy about the messiness of being young(ish), female and queer.

Wisely is an accountant by day, actor by night. She lives in Lewes with her husband Charles and, at times, one or more of her three grown children. She was drawn to play Brenda by the character’s raw honesty with the audience.

“The question of how much our life experiences and conditions shape our choices, and how much control we really have over those choices is pointedly explored here and will stay with the audience long after the show,” said Wisely. “Nothing feels held back in the writing, and the chance to embody Brenda in the dual roles of both the storyteller and the subject of her bumpy ride of a story within the intimate structure of a solo performance was not one to be missed.”

Wisely studied theater and performing in her younger days, and was excited to return to the regular practice of it in 2012 after transplanting to Delaware from Long Island, N.Y. Her most recent role was as Violet in the musical “9 to 5” at Clear Space Theatre, where she greatly enjoyed performing music and lyrics by the iconic Dolly Parton.