Crush!
by Carissa Atallah, Krista Knight, Shara Feit, Vincent Terrell Durham, Caity-Shea Violette, Gethsemane Herron-Coward

Name: Crush!
Brand: Carissa Atallah
SKU: 9780573709142

Highlights

Female

Male

One Act 10 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Bare Stage/Simple Set Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

Winner! 2020 Gary Garrison National Ten-Minute Play Award at the Kennedy Center

Picking up roughly from where Kafka left off—a loner, squatter, and rebel dares to love.

Crush!

follows the anti-morphosis through a series of beat poetry performances as the speaker draws nearer to the object of his desire and his undoing.

Part of the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 45th Series.

Character	Gender	Age	Description
WOMAN 1 a devout wife and mother. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Female	female	—	a devout wife and mother. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Female
WOMAN 2 a university student. Age: Late teens - early 20s Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Female	female	20s	a university student. Age: Late teens - early 20s Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Female
WOMAN 3 a confident New Yorker. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Female	female	—	a confident New Yorker. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Female
WOMAN 4 a woman claiming her voice. Age: A mature adult Race/Ethnicity: Latinx/o/a or Hispanic. Spanish-speaker Gender: Female	female	—	a woman claiming her voice. Age: A mature adult Race/Ethnicity: Latinx/o/a or Hispanic. Spanish-speaker Gender: Female
GOVERNMENT WORKER a bored government worker. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Any gender	—	—	a bored government worker. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Any gender
MEN 1, 2, 3, & 4 four average Joes. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Male	male	—	four average Joes. Age: Any adult age Race/Ethnicity: Any race/ethnicity Gender: Male