New Rep’s production of The Ice-Breaker will be part of a National New Play Network “rolling world premiere,” in conjunction with productions at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre and Indianapolis’s Phoenix Theatre. Written by David Rambo – known nationally for his writing on the hit television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – The Ice-Breaker depicts the developing relationship between two scientists. Sonia, a brilliant academic completing her thesis on climatology, arrives on the desert of the American Southwest in search of Lawrence, a once-legendary scientist (now living in self-imposed exile), whose research on polar ice inspired Sonia’s work. When the two meet, sexual and intellectual sparks fly, but in the course of one sleepless night, both learn that their romantic attraction is as volatile and mysterious as the potential climate change they fear.

by David Rambo
An NNPN (National New Play Network) World Premiere
directed by David Zoffoli**

Alan Joslin, scenic design
Molly Trainer, costume design
Dennis Parichy***, lighting design
David Kahn, sound design
Cheryl D. Olszowka*, production stage manager
Carola Morrone*, assistant stage manager

CAST (in order of appearance)
Will Lyman*, Lawrence
Amy Russ*, Sonia

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
**member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union
***member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829

THE ICE-BREAKER was originally commissioned by A.S.K. Theatre Projects
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The Geffen Playhouse
Gilbert Cates, Producing Director, Randall Arney, Artistic Director, Stephen Eich, Managing Director

THE ICE-BREAKER was developed by Denver Center Theatre Company
Donovan Marley, Artistic Director and Nagle Jackson, Director of New Play Development

THE ICE-BREAKER was a part of National New Play Network’s Continued Life Project and was performed as a “rolling world premiere” at Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA (Chris Smith, Artistic Director) Borderlands Theater, Tucson, AZ (Barclay Goldsmith, Producing Director) AND New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA (Rick Lombardo, Producing Artistic Director)