Crash
from the novel by Jerry Spinelli
© 2011

Crash plays football for his middle school. He runs and scores and is unstoppable; he puts his head down and makes yardage; in his life he is selfish, self-centered, unstoppable, a boy running so fast he can’t see the chances for love and connection that are all around him. His new friend, Mike, cherishes all of Crash’s bold and bully characteristics, while his old acquaintance Penn Webb sees a deeper secret hidden Crash that circumstances threaten to bury forever. Life presents Crash with a chance to win really big, but in order to win, he’s going to have to come in second.

Commissioned by Seattle Children's Theatre.

2 male adults, 1adult female, 3 adolescent male, 2 adolescent female
full length
flexible set, multiple locations

This script will be available from the author's agent
after it premieres at Seattle Childfren's Theatre in spring 2013.