‘The Brink of War’ recreates the anxiety of the Cold War with straightforward candor wrapped in an unflinching narrative that unfolds by the minute;

Greg Maresca , Bio and Archives--August 14, 2026

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If there is one movie that could successfully be converted into a play, ‘The Brink of War’ is it. The film opens the way it ends and everything in between is a history lesson not just for Americans and Russians, but for the world.

The production’s authenticity unfolds inside Höfði House, the very building where President Ronald Reagan and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, sat across from each other in October 1986 in Reykjavik, Iceland, staring down nuclear brinkmanship in the middle of the Cold War.

Dialogue driven drama where diplomacy, nuclear strategy and powerful personalities collide under penetrating pressure

In retrospect, Iceland was the perfect venue for a Cold War meeting. History and........

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