Snow Bird is a new play set in 2009 that follows the lives of five men living in an outpost in the Arctic Circle. Inspired by real-life scientists working at Station Nord in Greenland, Snow Bird's characters study the effects of global warming on the Arctic sea ice by flying planes-affectionately nicknamed "snowbirds"-outfitted with measuring devices close to the Arctic ice. Led by a cast of trans-identifying actors, Snow Bird explores themes of masculinity, queerness, isolation, and duplicity through the framework of scientific discovery. What happens when a group of only men are locked in an ice box for 9 months straight?

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"Snow Bird is an environmental play that desperately tries to escape its environment," says playwright Melina Nakos. "It's a queer play that sprints away from its queerness. It's a play about masculinity with characters that have no other choice, all of whom are portrayed by transmasculine individuals, who bring a unique understanding of masculinity which cannot be replicated."​