Stage Design: Ice Breaker

New Rep’s production of The Ice-Breaker was part of a National New Play Network “rolling world premiere,” in conjunction with productions at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre and Indianapolis’s Phoenix Theatre. Written by David Rambo – known nationally for his writing on the hit television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – The Ice-Breaker depicts the developing relationship between two scientists. Sonia, a brilliant academic completing her thesis on climatology, arrives on the desert of the American Southwest in search of Lawrence, a once-legendary scientist (now living in self-imposed exile), whose research on polar ice inspired Sonia’s work. When the two meet, sexual and intellectual sparks fly, but in the course of one sleepless night, both learn that their romantic attraction is as volatile and mysterious as the potential climate change they fear.

An NNPN (National New Play Network) World Premiere directed by David Zoffoli

Alan Joslin, scenic design, Molly Trainer, costume design, Dennis Parichy, lighting design, David Kahn, sound design, Cheryl D. Olszowka, production stage manager, Carola Morrone, assistant stage manager,

CAST: Will Lyman, Lawrence, Amy Russ, Sonia