Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph
directed by Christina Casano
June 8, 2026
Gruesome Playground Injuries
by Rajiv Joseph
Director: Christina Casano
Assistant Director: Paige Mesina
Stage Manager: Ariel Beller
June 8, 2026
Gruesome Playground Injuries runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together. The two friends and would-be lovers meet at eight years old in the nurse’s office of their elementary school; Kayleen has a painful stomach ache and Doug a nasty scrape. As they grow up, they continue to come back to each other, brought together by injury, heartbreak and their own self-destructive tendencies. This compelling and intimate love story is sure to captivate audiences.
Playwright
Rajiv Joseph
Doug
Eduardo Curley*+
Assistant Director
Paige Mesina
Kayleen
Shadee Vossoughi*

