Shackleton Theatrics - The Tragedy of Doctor Ivanov

As Russia transitioned from Czardom to Soviet Republic, a scientist worked steadily on his own innovations. For a time, Dr. Ilya Ivanov was regarded as Russia's premier biologist, an icon for his innovations in the world of artificial insemination and horse breeding. This fame led to a freedom few scientists had, and a motivation to push his discoveries to the maximum. It is why throughout the 1920s, Dr. Ivanov stationed himself in the heart of West Africa, with the mission to create his own species, The Humanzee.

Shackleton Theatrics presents an adaptation of Dr. Ivanov's life, focusing on his period creating the Humanzee, and the decade spent torturing and inseminating chimpanzees with human sperm. The Tragedy of Doctor Ivanov captures the descent of a once great man falling victim to his own praise and believing himself immortal. Separated by a spiritual barrier, Dr. Ivanov is forced to view his peers as nothing more than shadows upon his walls, no more distinguishable than the apes he experiments on. It is through this separation that the themes of alienation and refusal to show weakness come to life, will Doctor Ivanov recognize his own limits, or will he devolve into the very creatures he seeks to design?

About Shackleton Theatrics:

Shackleton Theatrics was officially founded in 2024 by its Lead Producer Park Lytle. It focuses on the development and recussitation of works generated by young and unestablished artists in the Los Angeles Area. Through creative collaboration and methodical strategy, Shackleton Theatrics seeks to bring life to unique productions from its early conversations to its professional debut. Shackleton Theatrics adheres to the motto Periculum Explorandum (Explore the Dangers.) We seek to never run away from ideas that may appear risky or uprecedented, but rather push to seek answers and solutions to ensure each new adventure will be succesfull.