Riperion is a new performance project that explores how water carries memory, culture, and consequence. Using hand-crafted water puppets, live music, and poetic narrative, the piece examines the dynamics between humans and water in the Gulf South—especially around the Mississippi River, wetlands, storms, and displacement.

Riperion blends folk performance, ecological inquiry, and cultural storytelling to help us reflect on how we live with—and within—water. It’s a performance that asks: What does the river remember? What stories do we carry in our bodies like boats?