GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES at the Hudson Theatre

Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw

Titles don’t always alert you to what plays are about, but with Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries, the appellation is pretty much on the mark.

Divided into eight scenes, this 75 minute one-act revolves around the relationship between two grievously wounded individuals. Kayleen (Sara Rae Foster) and Doug (Jeff Ward) meet in a playground when they are children, then come together intermittently over the next 30 years, each time nursing some injury or ailment, and warily nurturing an odd bond that develops between them based on their masochistic inclinations. Read more…

Now running through June 26