←Recommendations of Let Me Know If I Hurt You

This is a moving story of intimacy and lost illusions and betrayal of trust. Bob's struggle is both specific and universally resonant. His relationships with his parents and "best friend" add depth and texture to his narrative. Bob is a richly drawn and compelling narrator of his difficult story. I was thoroughly engaged and moved throughout.

Queer people often endure a "second" adolescence, experiencing dating/romantic initiations well after our peers. Add a neurodivergence: reality is experienced differently, subtext is lost, manipulations go unnoticed, and we're easy marks.
Osmundsen captures Bob's belated coming of age in riveting detail, heartbreaking because we recognize Alex's machinations while Bob can't. And it's a feeding frenzy.

Anyone who's given their heart to someone who then treated it as a food source will feel like their diary is being read aloud.

It's also a testament to resilience and growing up, even when our own brains make us bigger targets. Bravo!

The details of autistic teen Bob's relationship to (and with) his Broadway idol are specific and unique; the longing, elation, euphoria, doubt, and heartbreak that flow from it are universal and deeply relatable. This sordid tale of adulation, exploitation, and rejection is told with the gift of hindsight, but also through the twin lenses of the main character's youth and autism - his relationships to his parents and his alleged best friend Chloe make for complicated dramas in their own right. Wittily fictionalized but feeling gut-churningly real, the engaging LET ME KNOW IF I HURT YOU leaves a mark.

A touching one-man show in which 18-year-old Bob, with a crush on Broadway star Alex Margulies, is at first encouraged and seduced but eventually rejected by the "star" who cruelly gaslights him. I don't know enough about autism to know if Bob meets a clinical definition, but he's obviously confused and unable to make sense of Alex's behavior, leading him to send increasingly accusatory messages and thus scaring his intended lover off. Like others here, I saw a filmed presentation in which Osmundsen played multiple roles - the highly relatable Bob, his mother, his friend Chloe, and Alex himself.

This play grabbed me from the very beginning. Bob's coming-of-age adventures were surprising, hilarious and heartbreaking. I was fortunate to see Dave play Bob in a streamed performance of this play, and it was a tour de force! Bravo!

I love this well-written solo show that takes us on a coming of age journey with Bob, an autistic young man, who has to come to terms with the painful end to his first sexual relationship. The narrative drive had me at the edge of my seat. I really care about Bob and what he's going through. The whole piece feels authentic and brave. Bravo!

A tightly written and disarming solo show that endears us to Bob, show us his charms and flaws, and then reveals the way he is taken advantage of and how he comes out the other side of that experience with perspective and grit. Dave truly explores all the complex facets of Bob's identity and addresses how they inform his actions and experiences. Additionally, the characters jump off the page and Bob's personal reflections and growth are poignantly detailed here. An honest look at fandom and coming of age--read and watch Dave perform it!

I loved watching Dave perform this play. It's an engrossing and entertaining story.

This solo show is a gut-punch. powerful exploration of heartbreak and identity. I especially love how Osmundsen illustrates Bob’s exact thought process through the monologue and leveraged those words well to illustrate Bob’s relationship with four other characters named in the script. I also appreciate the unique framing of this play being a story told 10+ years removed from the incident—young enough that it still hurts but old enough to develop perspective. Looking forward to seeing it at Rogue Theater Festival!

You can identify with the experience of infatuation, the rush of excitement and giddiness in this gay coming of age solo show. Osmundsen guides us through the up and downs of young adulthood of a gay Autistic man, from high school to home to subway to theatre, all over New York City, with a structure that supports its emotional journey. Its unhappy ending is a gut-punch, one that could make you think how we treat and perceive and judge others who are different. Definitely a play that gives an audience something to discuss.