American Daydreams - Katie Morgan Work (2025)

In the end, the fantasy fades, the clothes go back on, and the printer starts working again. But the daydream? That stays in the filing cabinet, waiting for the next overtime shift.

American Daydreams - Katie Morgan WORK is more than a scene; it is a folkloric text for the burnt-out, underpaid, and overstimulated. Katie Morgan doesn’t just perform a fantasy—she gives permission. She tells the viewer that it is okay to daydream, that the drudgery of work does not define you, and that sometimes, the most American thing you can do is blow off the spreadsheets for a very productive “break.” American Daydreams - Katie Morgan WORK

The scene plays out against the backdrop of a sterile, soul-crushing office—or perhaps a repair shop or logistics hub (the setting is deliberately archetypal). Morgan portrays a woman trapped in the Sisyphean loop of fluorescent lighting, ringing phones, and spreadsheets. She is bored. She is competent. And she is simmering. In the end, the fantasy fades, the clothes