Gruesome Playground Injuries
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 31, 2011
Closed Feb 20, 2011
Opened Jan 31, 2011
Closed Feb 20, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Jennifer Carpenter and Pablo Schreiber star in Rajiv Joseph's dark romantic saga, Gruesome Playground Injuries, which explores the cost of wounded friendships. 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.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
just awful
The set was fantastic, but staring at it got boring after awhile. Terrible, terrible script; I cant believe 2nd stage--or anyone--would produce it.
Reviewed by kimimix
on Sunday, Feb 6th, 2011
Well.....
This was, indeed a tough one to sit through. The acting was excellent when considering the difficult material which was being explored. Perhaps these types of strange characters and relationships are more common than I know, the problems of a sheltered upbringing!!. but they are quite foreign to me. I was not sure what to take away from this ingeniously staged and well acted play but I can see that there could be diametrically opposite views according to the viewer.
Reviewed by MACNBOB
on Thursday, Feb 3rd, 2011
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Rajiv Joseph charts the course of a 30-year friendship -- and curious romance -- in Gruesome Playground Injuries, now running at Second Stage Theatre. Directed by Scott Ellis and terrifically performed by Pablo Schreiber and Jennifer Carpenter, the work frustrates audiences, even as it shocks and intrigues.
Audiences meet Doug (Schreiber) and Kayleen (Carpenter) just after he, in a prepubescent fit of bravado, has attempted to ride his bike off the roof of the Catholic School they both attend. He's bleeding profusely from his forehead, and, though in pain, is filled with a certain amount of pride about his feat. Kayleen, who's out of class because of an upset stomach, finds herself stran[...]