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  • Monica Cross: Let Me Know If I Hurt You by Dave Osmundsen
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    What a powerhouse of a solo show! From the opening set up I was on the edge of my seat all the way until the final shoe drops. LET ME KNOW IF I HURT YOU is a funny coming of age story, but it also packs an emotional punch. Dave Osmundsen masterfully navigates us through all the ins and out of the character's gay autistic experience of his first intimate relationship.

    I was struck by Bob's words: "I wanted to get the hell out of childhood. I wish I let myself wait a bit longer."

    What a powerhouse of a solo show! From the opening set up I was on the edge of my seat all the way until the final shoe drops. LET ME KNOW IF I HURT YOU is a funny coming of age story, but it also packs an emotional punch. Dave Osmundsen masterfully navigates us through all the ins and out of the character's gay autistic experience of his first intimate relationship.

    I was struck by Bob's words: "I wanted to get the hell out of childhood. I wish I let myself wait a bit longer."

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  • Karen Jean Martinson: Let Me Know If I Hurt You by Dave Osmundsen
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    This is a beautiful play in which a young man reckons with a moment of his past, fully acknowledging at the start of the play that "memories aren't very mathematical because they don't always equal the truth." Though the truth of the recollection remains somewhat obscured - by youth, by idealism, by naivete - the emotional journey is profound.

    One of the things I admire most about Osmundsen's writing is that it is grounded and specific as it shares a queer, neurodivergent perspective, yet it is so honest and vulnerable that it creates pathways for connection for all audience members.

    This is a beautiful play in which a young man reckons with a moment of his past, fully acknowledging at the start of the play that "memories aren't very mathematical because they don't always equal the truth." Though the truth of the recollection remains somewhat obscured - by youth, by idealism, by naivete - the emotional journey is profound.

    One of the things I admire most about Osmundsen's writing is that it is grounded and specific as it shares a queer, neurodivergent perspective, yet it is so honest and vulnerable that it creates pathways for connection for all audience members.

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  • Ricardo Soltero-Brown: Let Me Know If I Hurt You by Dave Osmundsen
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    Readable doesn't always mean speakable, but Osmundsen writes this monologue so well you can hear the voice speaking to you. Osmundsen captures that turmoil in a teenager's life where everything means something, the naïveté in one's sexual awakening, the innocence that is lost in love's quest. The attention to detail within the speech may be part of the character, but moreover it transcends into a very lyrical rhythm with wonderful poetic imagery. The relationship builds gradually and believably, but the real core is Bob's love of theatre which Osmundsen depicts through beautifully rendered...

    Readable doesn't always mean speakable, but Osmundsen writes this monologue so well you can hear the voice speaking to you. Osmundsen captures that turmoil in a teenager's life where everything means something, the naïveté in one's sexual awakening, the innocence that is lost in love's quest. The attention to detail within the speech may be part of the character, but moreover it transcends into a very lyrical rhythm with wonderful poetic imagery. The relationship builds gradually and believably, but the real core is Bob's love of theatre which Osmundsen depicts through beautifully rendered passages taking place throughout Bob's life.

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  • Alexander Perez: Let Me Know If I Hurt You by Dave Osmundsen
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    A kinetic, tender, and engaging one-person show that juggles an impressive implied ensemble with it's "coming- of-age-before-you-grow-up" story which paints an all too real portrait of autistic youth on the verge of adulthood. Whatever your passion, be it theater, music, finance; we've all been "Bob", we all know an "Alex".

    Osmundsen deftly navigates the fine line between cautionary tale and morality play. Hard lessons are learned, growth is achieved, but harm is done.

    To that end, how many of us never would have learned to swim were if not for the threat of drowning?

    A kinetic, tender, and engaging one-person show that juggles an impressive implied ensemble with it's "coming- of-age-before-you-grow-up" story which paints an all too real portrait of autistic youth on the verge of adulthood. Whatever your passion, be it theater, music, finance; we've all been "Bob", we all know an "Alex".

    Osmundsen deftly navigates the fine line between cautionary tale and morality play. Hard lessons are learned, growth is achieved, but harm is done.

    To that end, how many of us never would have learned to swim were if not for the threat of drowning?

    ”