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‘The Ice Front’ tackles thorny questions about art’s responsibility to speak out in divisive political times

Review • Eric Samuelsen’s new play at Plan-B Theatre Company reinforces connections between then and now.

(Rick Egan  |  The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel Beecher, from left, Robert Scott Smith, Daniel Beecher and Christy Summerhays, foreground, perform in Eric Samuelson's "The Ice Front," a new play (based on a real story) about a company of actors in Norway forced to perform a play under Nazi occupation.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel Beecher, from left, Robert Scott Smith, Daniel Beecher and Christy Summerhays, foreground, perform in Eric Samuelson's "The Ice Front," a new play (based on a real story) about a company of actors in Norway forced to perform a play under Nazi occupation.