MELT

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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  • 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!

  • Christopher Plumridge: MELT

    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!

    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!

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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