Falling through the cracks is a forty minute one act play that I began writing in May of 2021. The show follows a teenage girl named Hazel who struggles in silence. When Hazel's home life takes a nose dive after her sister's death and parents divorce, so does her mental health. Hazel eventually musters a plan to kill herself , unbeknownst to her friends and family. After Hazel's death, the play follows the fallout and terrible sense of guilt and grief Hazel's friends go through. The turmoil caused by Hazel's death ultimately gives her dad the strength to stand up to Hazel's mom, and his once wife, about her factors in Hazel's suicide. On the other hand, Hazel's death nearly breaks her best friend, and anyone else that remained close to her while she suffered.