Sample Scenarios

Every Breaking Ice experience is built around workplace diversity performance that reflects your organization’s real dynamics, tensions, and goals. While each performance is fully customized, the following sample scenarios offer a glimpse into the high-energy, theatrical structures we use to spark insight, dialogue, and change.

Ouch Tags

Short, two-person interactions that demonstrate how unconscious bias and microaggressions emerge in daily workplace exchanges.

Example: A white woman is in an elevator when a Black man walks in. She looks at him briefly and moves her purse to the other side. He notices, and they ride in silence until the doors open.

These moments reveal how seemingly small comments or assumptions can have a direct impact on communication, trust, and productivity.

Inside / Outside

A layered scene between a white supervisor and a supervisee of color. Two actors portray the spoken dialogue, while two others reveal the characters’ internal thoughts and emotions. This format exposes the disconnect between external behavior and internal perception—showing how miscommunication can escalate, and how candid dialogue can move relationships forward.

Committee Meeting

A fictionalized team discussion following a company-wide inclusion event. The scene explores the group’s varying levels of discomfort around have courageous conversations and how the responsibility of finding out how to educate people around issues of inclusion and belonging also falls on those most impacted by inequities.

I Am From

A series of poetic monologues written and performed by the ensemble. Each piece highlights the layers of personal identity and perspective that shape how we see the world—and how we are seen by others. This sequence often serves as a powerful reminder of the diversity of stories within each of us.