Gruesome Playground Injuries-Play Research

Gruesome Playground Injuries follows the peculiar and tangled relationship of two close friends while criss-crossing 30 years of their lives. As Doug and Kayleen "mature" from accident-prone kids to self-destructive adults, broken hearts and broken bones draw them ever closer and push them farther apart. The play, with its mix-tape structure, reminds us of the deep, primal need to complete our self through another person, and wonders how and why we hurt ourselves for love.

 -empty eye socket
-struck by lightning
-she cuts
-she has an unloving father
-she has a corrosive depressive streak
 -lots of setting is in hospitals
-basic human urge to hurt