FROZEN FLUID

An Antarctic Gender Non-Conforming Creation Myth

Somewhere in Mythic Antarctica, three scientists at a research facility live and conduct research out on the ice, continuously becoming and unbecoming themselves as they play out the creation of the world. Through a series of fables, Frozen Fluid chronicles the arrival of phytoplankton scientist Tay and the unraveling of the fantastic Antarctic...
An Antarctic Gender Non-Conforming Creation Myth

Somewhere in Mythic Antarctica, three scientists at a research facility live and conduct research out on the ice, continuously becoming and unbecoming themselves as they play out the creation of the world. Through a series of fables, Frozen Fluid chronicles the arrival of phytoplankton scientist Tay and the unraveling of the fantastic Antarctic world in which they find themself. Together, the scientists construct and deconstruct notions of gender, identity, religion, climate, and time itself.

The play centers Trans and Gender Non-Binary characters and performers.
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FROZEN FLUID

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  • Daniel Prillaman:
    11 Apr. 2024
    Spellbinding. Jamerson slowly bends time and space before weaving them both and more back into and onto themselves in a mythic and disorienting exploration of identity, human interaction, and climate change. Our world demands we “define” ourselves, and finding those words is difficult enough, but add on top of that our self-induced apocalypse? The pacing mimics our confusion and paralysis. There is so much potential for visually and audibly arresting stagecraft in this script, I can barely imagine what it would be like to experience live. I hope to one day do so. Absolutely tremendous.
  • Jillian Blevins:
    25 Nov. 2023
    An astonishing play. In rhythmic cadences evocative of heartbeats, dripping water, tides, three characters endure a slow-motion apocalypse and the human need—and fear—of being known.

    FF is about gender, and also transcends it. Tay, Jamerson’s nonbinary protagonist, speaks the play’s themes most directly: about their desire to exist outside of their body, and feeling most themself when not being perceived. Yet all three characters buck against the outside world’s attempts to define them, and posses a universally relatable desire to be embraced in all their contradictions, pleading “stop telling me I don’t exist”.
  • Angels Theatre Company:
    6 Feb. 2022
    The most intriguing aspect, and an apt description, of Fly Jamerson’s Frozen Fluid is the play’s subtitle: An Antarctic Gender Non-Conforming Creation Myth. It’s accurate, telling, and sets the proper expectations for an evening of theatre. And, like all great myths, Frozen Fluid is simultaneously personal and epic, drawing in its audience to the personal details that reveals an epic truth.

Character Information

  • Tay
    Gender-fluid, Non-binary
  • Terra
    She/her, Transwoman, Non-binary, Femme
  • Herman
    He/him. transmasc, Transman, Masc, Non-binary

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    Relative Theatrics
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    Skidmore College
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    Angels Theatre Company
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    National Women's Theatre Festival
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    University of Arizona
    ,
    2017

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    Coeurage Ensemble and the Los Angeles LGBT Center
    ,
    2023

Awards

Finalist
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Kitchen Dog New Works Festival
,
2020
Semi-Finalist
,
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
,
2020
Semi-Finalist
,
Bay Area Playwrights Festival
,
2020
Finalist
,
Unicorn Theatre New Plays In Progress Series
,
2020
Semi-Finalist
,
Austin Film Festival Playwriting Category
,
2020
Semi-Finalist
,
Mitten Lab
,
2019