shannon & scott
Drama Club is the brainchild of Shannon Morrison and Scott Ihrig. They have been together since 2007, and married since 2011. Together they operate IMC, an experience studio that designs and delivers bespoke experiences and events for brands. They also devote time to various non-profits, educational institutions, and political causes. They split their time between NYC, Maine, and San Francisco.
shannon morrison
founding artistic director
Shannon is a brave creator and a sought-after collaborator for Fortune 50 executives and theater professionals alike. He is passionate about bringing new musical theater voices to broad audiences as a musical theater “doula” and also creates musicals as an award-winning librettist.
He leads Drama Club as Artistic Director and has worked on Broadway incarnations of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Movin’ Out, Legally Blonde, the Pulitzer and Tony-Award winning musical A Strange Loop, and the off-Broadway hit DRAG: The Musical. Shannon is writing a new musical titled The Ascendants (with Stephen M. Barnett) and leads creative project development at Drama Club, including curating Drama Club Camp. Writing: Little Big Top (NYU Tisch); The Leading Man (Yale); Silence (Yale; John Golden Prize) Johnny Appleseed; The Aylee Inn; Ding-Dong!. He is a graduate of Yale and NYU, and serves as a Trustee for Kents Hill School in Readfield, Maine.
scott ihrig
executive producer
Scott is a passionate liberal queer entrepreneur and the CEO of IMC, the experience studio he owns with his husband Shannon.
Scott produced The Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes, founded a non-profit theatre in Iowa, and was an associate at a Minneapolis law firm.
A life-long activist, Scott works to expand human and civil rights, develop opportunities for the disadvantaged, and assist those in need. He served as board chair of TurnOut, a nonprofit that mobilizes volunteer communities to power queer and trans movements.
Scott loves a good spreadsheet, “cooks” with his phone, and travels with too many gadgets. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, he has a BA in political science from Grinnell College and graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.
