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MELT by Stephanie Alison Walker

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  • Donna Gordon:
    31 Mar. 2024
    “ 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:
    21 Mar. 2024
    “ 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:
    21 Mar. 2024
    “ 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! ”
  • Christopher Plumridge:
    17 Dec. 2022
    “ Oh my word, this is stunning! The image of Grandpa, so in tune and in love with the glaciar that he melts with it, even with his granddaughter looking on, is incredible.
    With global warming a massive and alarming issue to the earth, this is a play which should be performed to world leaders to make them finally understand. Excellent! ”
  • William J. Meyer:
    1 Jun. 2022
    “ I'm quite taken with the concept of the grandfather melting along with the glacier, uniting us literally *and* metaphorically to our environment-- quite curious to see how some would envision this moment on stage. Also, though addressing such a dire reality, this short piece is not without humor and human connection. ”
  • Paul Vintner:
    20 Nov. 2020
    “ "How do you explain away fact? How do you explain away scientific evidence?"

    So asks a character in this short play which should be required viewing for climate-change deniers. A lovely little showdown between the voice of reason and the willfully ignorant. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    11 May. 2020
    “ A fantastic piece for climate change that magically transports us to the scene, exploring a wonderful relationship between a granddaughter and grandfather. Well done! ”
  • Asher Wyndham:
    22 Mar. 2017
    “ This is an amazing short play for many reasons. It brings to your attention an important issue of climate change. With that issue, it develops the emotional relationship of granddaughter and grandfather, each with a distinct need/desire and back story. That relationship is further developed theatrically with a memorable showdown in the last few pages --a spectacle of lyricism, sound, and imagery. A great challenge for a sound designer. Share this with a sound designer friend--and maybe he/she can get in touch with a director. Contains one of the best stage directions OF ALL TIME!!! ”