It’s not your typical love story: Doug and Kayleen meet in the nurse’s office in their elementary school; she’s got a painful stomach ache, and he’s all banged up from a running dive off the roof of the school. Over the next thirty years, these scar-crossed lovers meet again and again, brought together by injury, heartbreak, and their own self-destructive tendencies. With great compassion and humor, playwright Rajiv Joseph (Broadway’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) crafts a compelling and unconventional love story about the intimacy between two people when they allow their defenses to drop and their wounds to show.
This is a multi-disciplinary presentation: a piece of intimate, up-close theatre paired with an independent painting exhibition by New York artist Brittany Miller. The production will also feature music from Careful Gaze, J. Aaron, TJ Douglas, Kyle Morgan & The Human Fly. We invite you to join us back at the theatre with a powerful and redemptive return to Company of Fools’ unique brand of work.
CONTENT WARNING: This production contains content that may be objectionable. Please visit our website for more information.
(GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York City.)
