In June of 2106 I crowdfunded a tour of my latest solo show, Manifest Pussy, to North Carolina in protest of their new law, HB2, which removes LGBT people from the state-wide non-discrimination policy and forces transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond to the gender marker on their birth certificate.

Check out these short documentary videos from the tour, filmed and edited by Paul W. Sauline with a theme song by Lauren Marcus and title animation by Bek Ward.

With original songs by Julianne Wick Davis, Joel Waggoner, Zoe Sarnak, Joe Iconis, Nikko Benson, Sam Salmond, Michael R. Jackson, Teresa Lotz, Lauren Marcus, and Shaina Taub.

Manifest Pussy is a rock concert/standup special/ritual sacrifice that follows Shakina's pilgrimage to Thailand for gender confirmation. A journey of faith and trans liberation, Manifest Pussy combines Shakina's raw and irreverent autobiographical storytelling with brand new songs by some of today's hottest musical theatre writers.