The inaugural production of Crushing completed a sold-out run at Dixon Place Theater in New York City in April 2023.
The cast included a decorated playwright, a Washington Post journalist, a recent college grad, an NAACP Image Award-winning podcaster, a comedian, a novelist, a poet, and more.
“Beautifully honest.”
— Arianna Huffington
2023 stories included: a heightened comedic retelling of self-sabotage in dating; navigating interracial love during national Black Lives Matter protests; discovering you’re queer while in a hetero relationship; a standup set about 45 first dates in a year; an ongoing google doc diary about being left by one’s partner following newfound physical disability; a run-in with a recent ex; an almost-breakup that turned into an engagement.
featured writers: Ashley J. Hobbs, Claudia Maella, Dylan Zwickel, Marcus Brown, Matthew Fay, Mia Diawara, Natachi Onwuamaegbu, Omri Hazan, Peter Litzow