Crushing It
By Solomon Traynor
Age range
16 +
Cast size
Under 10
Approx. running time
Under 30 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 1
Female: 1
Female: 1
Setting
A bedroom.
Note
A comedy about crushes for two people.
First performance
First performed at the Peacock Theatre in 2023 as part of the 2022/2023 Young Playwright’s Programme in association with Fighting Words and the Abbey Theatre.
Synopsis
Childhood best friends, Cassie and Des, have always been there for each other. Especially when it comes to Cassie’s many, many, MANY hopeless crushes. But after Des becomes convinced that her latest crush might feel the same way, he decides to help Cassie ask her out. He is a love guru after all - at least, according to himself he is. With exactly one romantic experience under his belt, and several dodgy pop culture references, he shows Cassie everything there is to know about romance. But slowly, cracks begin to form, and it soon becomes clear that Cassie is struggling with much more than Des initially realised.