MELT

by Stephanie Alison Walker

A glaciologist brings his granddaughter (a climate change denier) on an expedition to measure the ice on earth's last remaining glacier. Will she see the truth before it's too late? Or will they both melt with the glacier?

A glaciologist brings his granddaughter (a climate change denier) on an expedition to measure the ice on earth's last remaining glacier. Will she see the truth before it's too late? Or will they both melt with the glacier?

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MELT

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  • Donna Gordon: MELT

    Walker reflects the feelings attached to the climate change issue more than the reality.
    In so doing she includes generational interaction. Yes a drastic picture emerges but I would call it hyper-realism. This does call attention to the issue.

    Walker reflects the feelings attached to the climate change issue more than the reality.
    In so doing she includes generational interaction. Yes a drastic picture emerges but I would call it hyper-realism. This does call attention to the issue.

  • Dane Futrell: MELT

    Quite taken with the heart and emotional toll this play offers. It has this warmness to the motivations and ideas of the characters that is brutally juxtaposed by the cold that haunts the play throughout.

    Quite taken with the heart and emotional toll this play offers. It has this warmness to the motivations and ideas of the characters that is brutally juxtaposed by the cold that haunts the play throughout.

  • Daniel Smith: MELT

    This is a beautiful short play about climate grief, political polarization, and efforts at intergenerational communication. 19-year-old Molly attempts to convince her grandfather Mac, a 72-year-old glaciologist, to leave a melting glacier and return home with her. I appreciated the dramatic tension and the reversal as the audience would realize that Molly has been a climate change denier and her efforts to rescue Mac are as doomed as his prior attempts to wake her up to the realities of climate science. A very original and moving piece!

    This is a beautiful short play about climate grief, political polarization, and efforts at intergenerational communication. 19-year-old Molly attempts to convince her grandfather Mac, a 72-year-old glaciologist, to leave a melting glacier and return home with her. I appreciated the dramatic tension and the reversal as the audience would realize that Molly has been a climate change denier and her efforts to rescue Mac are as doomed as his prior attempts to wake her up to the realities of climate science. A very original and moving piece!

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Chicago Dramatists, Year 2008

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Arts Center Live - 10 by 10 in the Triangle, Year 2009

Awards

  • Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors
    Ohio State Department of Theater
    Finalist
    2009