FROZEN FLUID

by Fly Jamerson

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...

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: FROZEN FLUID

    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.

    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: FROZEN FLUID

    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...

    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: FROZEN FLUID

    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.

    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.

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Character Information

All actors must be Trans or Gender Non-Conforming.

Any race and any age mid-20’s upward may be cast, with an awareness of how these differences among the cast may effect individual characters and their relationship dynamics.
  • Herman
    Character Gender Identity
    He/him. transmasc,
    Transman,
    Masc,
    Non-binary
  • Tay
    Character Gender Identity
    Gender-fluid,
    Non-binary
  • Terra
    Character Gender Identity
    She/her,
    Transwoman,
    Non-binary,
    Femme

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, Year 2021
  • Type Reading, Organization Relative Theatrics, Year 2021
  • Type Reading, Organization Skidmore College, Year 2021
  • Type Reading, Organization Angels Theatre Company, Year 2021
  • Type Reading, Organization National Women's Theatre Festival, Year 2021
  • Type Workshop, , Year 2020
  • Type Reading, Organization University of Arizona, Year 2017

Production History

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

Awards

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