About this show
On a frozen lake anything can happen.
Sven and Ole have been best buds since kindergarten. When they gather to celebrate Ole’s wedding to Lena with an ice-fishing bachelor party, an unexpected confession begins to crack their plans wide open.
As the beer flows and temperatures drop, they hook into deeper truths, along with a talking fish. This hilarious and surreal comedy is a long-awaited fantasia on Midwestern masculinity.
Running Time
This production runs at about 90 minutes without an intermission
Content advisory
This production includes the following: Mature/Adult themes, Strong Language, and Flashing Lights
DIGITAL PROGRAM
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Accessible Performances
Audio-Described and Touch Tour:
Friday, May 22nd at 7:30 pm
(6:15 pm touch tour, 7:30 pm curtain)
Open-Captioned Public Performance:
Sunday, May 24th at 3 pm
FEATURED ENSEMBLE MEMBERS
Rebecca Jordan, Jeff Rodriguez, Adam Schulmerich, Tina Jach
The Cast
SVEN SVENSEN: Jeff Rodriguez
OLE OLSEN: Carl Hallberg
LARS LARSEN: Dinah Berkeley
EELPOUT: Jesús Barajas
HEIDI OLSEN: Taigé Lauren
HOLLY OLSEN: Rebecca Jordan
LENA LINGON: Lydia Moss
The Artists
WRITTEN BY: Paul W. Kruse
DIRECTOR: Jeremy Ohringer
SET DESIGN: Eleanor Kahn
COSTUMES: Delena Bradley
LIGHTING: Sierra Walker
ORIGINAL MUSIC + SOUND: Chris Kriz
PROPS: Saskia Bakker
INTIMACY DIRECTOR: Kristina Fluty
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Benjamin Murphy
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Tina Jach
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Alexa Berkowitz
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Paul William Kruse
Paul William Kruse often writes collaboratively, drawing from his years of experience as a videographer and documentarian, and has been commissioned twice by Montana Repertory Theatre (Hip Strip Hijinks, BINGO!). He is a 2023–2025 Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis and a cohort member of Audible’s third Emerging Playwrights Fund. His audio play Once Removed was an official selection at the 2022 Tribeca Festival. Paul’s plays have been produced by Adjusted Realists in Brooklyn, NY; Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA; the Vortex Theater in Austin, TX; and in high schools around the country. Paul has developed work at The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, Yaddo, the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, and Middlebury College. Paul completed his MFA at UT Austin in 2020, where he was a fellow with the Michener Center for Writers. From 2012–2022, Paul was resident playwright with Pittsburgh’s Hatch Arts Collective, which he co-founded with Adil Mansoor and Nicole Shero.
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Jeremy Ohringer
Jeremy Ohringer (he/him) is a Chicago-based theatre-maker and educator. He is an adjunct Professor of Theatre Studies at DePaul University as well as at North Central College. Directing credits include Raymondo (The Cartographers), Ride the Cyclone, Tristan and Iseult, Constellations, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Devil Comes to Town (North Central College), Stupid F#@%ing Bird, Monica (DePaul University), Angels in America: Perestroika, Mother Courage and Her Children (Boston University), Who Walked All Night (Rhino Fest) Sad Songs For Bad People(Rough House Theater), Who Rowed Across Oceans (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), and Spring Awakening (Fearless Theatre). At Steppenwolf Theater Company, he is the Lead Facilitator of Professional Development as well as a Teaching Artist. He is also currently writing a play for the Cunningham Commission of Youth Theatre at DePaul University. He is a graduate of Skidmore College and holds an MFA in directing from Boston University.
A World Premiere
Outer Stage