CRUSH

10-minute. Sanket has a crush on Carrie, but asking out a white girl as a brown kid in high school comes with its challenges.

An exploration of racial preferences in South Asian dating.

10-minute. Sanket has a crush on Carrie, but asking out a white girl as a brown kid in high school comes with its challenges.

An exploration of racial preferences in South Asian dating.

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  • Daniel Prillaman: CRUSH

    How fine is the line between lack of romantic attraction and racism? Kumar’s short play fires on all cylinders as both comedy and drama, light-heartedly drawing sharp, incisive points about race and privilege. Instantly among the best ten minute plays I’ve ever come across.

    How fine is the line between lack of romantic attraction and racism? Kumar’s short play fires on all cylinders as both comedy and drama, light-heartedly drawing sharp, incisive points about race and privilege. Instantly among the best ten minute plays I’ve ever come across.

  • Louis DeVaughn Nelson: CRUSH

    Brilliantly offensive and stupid funny, this fast-paced exploration of "it's just a preference" tackles a heavy subject in a lighthearted way.

    Brilliantly offensive and stupid funny, this fast-paced exploration of "it's just a preference" tackles a heavy subject in a lighthearted way.

  • David Hilder: CRUSH

    There is an all too rare OOOOOOF moment in this play, a defining thing that gets said out loud, that does everything drama is meant to: It surprises, it shocks, it makes sense while also being entirely unexpected. This short play captures a lot of big reality in just a few pages. Terrific work.

    There is an all too rare OOOOOOF moment in this play, a defining thing that gets said out loud, that does everything drama is meant to: It surprises, it shocks, it makes sense while also being entirely unexpected. This short play captures a lot of big reality in just a few pages. Terrific work.

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Character Information

Three South Asian American roles.
  • SANKET
    Character Age
    late-teens
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Asian -- South Asian
  • HARSHA
    Character Age
    late-teens
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Asian -- South Asian
  • VARSHINI
    Character Age
    late-teens
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Asian -- South Asian
  • CARRIE
    Character Age
    late-teens
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    White