Ice in Their Veins

[80 Minutes, dark farce, 5f - teenage cast] Get ready with Stevie to compete her free program at the Star Spangled Grand Prix Solo Ice Dance Weekend Invitational at Lake Serenity Olympic Complex! Peyton is also there.
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A comedy about cringe culture, the internet gaze, the feminine urge to be a plucky orphan with a tragic past, and the origin of vampires.

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[80 Minutes, dark farce, 5f - teenage cast] Get ready with Stevie to compete her free program at the Star Spangled Grand Prix Solo Ice Dance Weekend Invitational at Lake Serenity Olympic Complex! Peyton is also there.
#GRWM #RIPOctavia #Leprosy #NotSponsored

A comedy about cringe culture, the internet gaze, the feminine urge to be a plucky orphan with a tragic past, and the origin of vampires.

Written for the Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange 2024.

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Ice in Their Veins

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  • Lisa Attanasio: Ice in Their Veins

    What can I even say about this full-length comedy by Aly Kantor? This play is a razor sharp satire and is laugh-out-loud funny. A very dark and modern play that addresses some of our more embarrassing internet proclivities. Great parts for some young actors and would be easy to produce just about anywhere.

    What can I even say about this full-length comedy by Aly Kantor? This play is a razor sharp satire and is laugh-out-loud funny. A very dark and modern play that addresses some of our more embarrassing internet proclivities. Great parts for some young actors and would be easy to produce just about anywhere.

  • Peter Fenton: Ice in Their Veins

    This play is such a mess (complimentary). Aly Kantor always has such a way with dark comedy and I love to see a five-piece ensemble of young women get the chance to go absolutely feral, so I'd go as far to say ICE IN THEIR VEINS is Aly Kantor operating at the height of her power. Instantly quotable lines, brilliant skewering of influencer culture, snappy pace, and short runtime will make this a rightful favorite among student productions and blackbox theaters!

    This play is such a mess (complimentary). Aly Kantor always has such a way with dark comedy and I love to see a five-piece ensemble of young women get the chance to go absolutely feral, so I'd go as far to say ICE IN THEIR VEINS is Aly Kantor operating at the height of her power. Instantly quotable lines, brilliant skewering of influencer culture, snappy pace, and short runtime will make this a rightful favorite among student productions and blackbox theaters!

  • Claudia Haas: Ice in Their Veins

    Kantor’s play has no holds barred. Competitive, skating, skincare, and the role of media influencers are delicious skewed in this dark comedy. There’s enough reality to make this exciting and enough silliness to make it truthful. Kantor’s gift is finding the truth under the delectable cover-ups. Give this to your best teen actresses and watch them shine. Cake pops for everyone.

    Kantor’s play has no holds barred. Competitive, skating, skincare, and the role of media influencers are delicious skewed in this dark comedy. There’s enough reality to make this exciting and enough silliness to make it truthful. Kantor’s gift is finding the truth under the delectable cover-ups. Give this to your best teen actresses and watch them shine. Cake pops for everyone.

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Character Information

  • Stefania "Stevie" Velasco
    A future-minded girlboss who struggles with the concept of short-term consequences.
    She’d be a popular influencer if people would just shut up and get influenced.
    Character Age
    17
  • Peyton Lin
    A fawning, sidekick-coded Pisces with sensitive skin and absent parents.
    Her dearest aspiration is to travel the world and skate for Princesses on Ice.
    Character Age
    17
  • Galyna Navolsky
    A Ukrainian war orphan and refugee with a heart of gold…probably.
    She is too good for this world—and, therefore, she must DIE (???)
    Character Age
    14
  • Isabelle Swain-Holtzman
    An honors student, STEM girl, and future astronaut with a scary mom.
    Stevie’s former best friend—BIG emphasis on former.
    Character Age
    17
  • Octavia Kent
    A snarky, confident, kind, and totally tone-deaf content creator.
    Millions of people love to watch her languish beautifully on the internet.
    Character Age
    16

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Inver Hills Community College, Year 2025

Awards

  • 16th Annual New Play Contest - Best Full Length Play
    Chameleon Theatre Circle
    Winner
    2025
  • TYA Play Fest
    ThinkTank Theatre
    Finalist
    2025