Critics raved about 2024’s Guys on Ice!
Stone Soup Theatre Company’s Guys on Ice is a delightfully witty, fast-paced production…The offbeat humor, the seldom-seen Wisconsin “local color,” the singing, the acting, the keyboard music, and the dancing are a joy — from start to finish.
Fun and quirky… It’s a show about nothing in the vein of the hit television series Seinfeld and can tickle your funny bone the same way.
[T]he power of the vocals, harmonies, and general carousing are a delight to watch. […] Guys on Ice: An Ice-Fishing Musical is a solid show overall and will make a lovely addition to your weekend. From the opening number to the last bows, it is a calm, yet entertaining journey.
Guys on Ice
an ice-fishing musical
Book & Lyrics by Fred Alley
Music by James Kaplan
Conceived & Researched by Fred Alley & Frederick Heide
Directed by Melissa S. Craib Dombrowski
Music Direction by Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Shows
Sat 14 Dec, 5 PM • Sun 15 Dec 2:30 PM
Thu 19 Dec 7:30 PM • Sat 21 Dec 5 PM
Sun 22 Dec 5 PM
All shows presented at
Mettlesome Theater
800 Taylor St
Suite 9-156, Durham
Cast
| Marvin | Jos Purvis |
| Lloyd | Chris Kudlick |
| Ernie the Moocher | Ethan Westmoreland |
| Radio Announcer | Nick Malinowski |
Design & Crew
| Stage Manager | Lisa Hess |
| Asst. Stage Manager | Nikki Carrington |
| Set Design | Melissa Dombrowski |
| Lighting Design | Cana Yao |
| Sound Design | Jos Purvis |
| Costume Design | Lisa Hess |
| Master Carpenter | Nathan Dickson |
| Dramaturg | Patrick Dombrowski |
| Dialect Coach | Nick Malinowski |
| Publicity | Gabi Tessier |
You’ve seen them. Little wooden shanties sitting on lake ice. Puffs of smoke rising from chimney pipes. On a quiet day, maybe the static of a tinny radio filters through plywood walls, across the frozen tundra, back to shore. In a cold world, on a cold day, on a frozen lake, these little signs of life are all most people know of a secret culture that thrives right here amongst us. Well, wonder no more. Once again […] we bring you our somewhat twisted take on the secret world of ice fishermen. Guys on Ice spends a day in the life of Marvin and Lloyd — fishing buddies and home-grown philosophers. With musical numbers like, “The Wishing Hole,” “Ode to a Snowmobile Suit,” “Fish is the Miracle Food” and “The One That Got Away,” Guys on Ice works not only as a serious anthropological study but as a musical comedy as well.
This charming play tells the story of two ice fishing buddies from Northern Wisconsin who talk and sing about life, love, and the one that got away. From their ice fishing shanty, long-time pals Lloyd and Marvin keep warm with a mutual appreciation for good bait, cold beer, and the Green Bay Packers. As Marvin anxiously awaits his opportunity to appear on a cable TV fishing show and share secrets of his life on da lake, Lloyd ponders a recent squabble with his wife concerning plans to spend their anniversary at Lambeau Field, and both pals scramble to protect their cold ones from fellow angler, Ernie the Moocher.
From the pen of Fred Alley, author of last year’s hit “The Spitfire Grill”, comes a warm, funny comedy about friendship, life, beer, and fishing. Guys On Ice will charm your wool socks off!
