GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
at Moss Ledge Cottage
January 2021
ABOUT THE PLAY
Over the course of thirty 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. Meeting at the nurse’s office in their elementary school, these “scar-crossed lovers” meet again and again, brought together by injury, heartbreak, and their own self-destructive tendencies.
With great compassion and humor, Pulitzer Prize-nominated Rajiv Joseph 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.
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
ISLE Theater Company mounts an immersive retelling that blurs the line between theater and film. Staged in and around a beautiful oceanfront property on the western coast of Deer Isle, ISLE utilizes in-ear technique and an iPhone 11 Pro to dynamically bring you this moving play conveniently at home.
Lighting Designer
Kayleen
Playwright
Director, Doug
Costume & Prop Designer
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES is made possible by generous contributions from the following individuals and businesses:
Anonymous (3) • Aragosta at Goose Cove • Susan & Roger Bergen • B.K. Burgess Inc. • Burnt Cove Boil • Pamela Dewell • Anne & Dana Douglass • Larry & Elizabeth Estey • Liam Fitzgerald • Girl Scout Troop 1739 • Philip & Linda Glaser • Grace & Bill Gregor • Lyndon Hanrahan • Debbie Weil & Sam Harrington • J. McVeigh Jewelry • Judith Keenan • Joy & Kenneth Kleeman • Lynn & Ed Kneedler • Kathryn Lasky & Christopher Knight • Lily’s House • Deborah De Witt & Chuck Lucas • Joan & David Maxwell • Cathy Marshall • Sharon McGuffie • Brenda & Marvin Merritt III • Nicole Nolan • Office for the Arts at Harvard • John Ollman • Jane & Woodley Osborne • Penobscot Bay Press • Jim & Gail Plotts • Reach Performing Arts Center • Joan & Paul Sorenson • Ron Stegall • Angie Stemp • Theater, Dance, & Media at Harvard • Rebecca Thompson • Stuart Kestenbaum & Susan Webster • John & Nancy Wilson • Lynne & David Witham • Morgan Witham • Oriana Wuerth • George & Liz Zentz