What darkly absurdist fun, like Mel Brooks and Hans Christian Andersen collaborated using acid-dipped quills. Kato neatly disguises the chilling message behind a blizzard of nearly non-stop one liners, dad jokes, and quick-witted ripostes piling up until you realize you’re in way over your head, trapped like the snowman at the center of the plot. Chilling, but hilarious.

What may seem to some as an absurd story of the fate of a snowman for doing what comes naturally in the heat of the moment, in the hands of Gene Kato becomes an allegory for the quest for power and cunning manipulation. There's a touch of Lewis Carroll ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland") in the use of clever word-play, and Gene Kato does not miss a beat in both character and dialogue development.

A pointed short play with a dark message, wrapped in high comedy. Ceaselessly funny with a gut punch ending. Highly recommended.