Gruesome Playground Injuries

By Rajiv Joseph

Directed by Kaylin Saur

April 6th - April 26th

Tenth Avenue Arts Center

930 Tenth Ave, San Diego

It’s not your typical love story when Doug and Kayleen meet at the nurse’s office in their elementary school; she’s got a painful stomach ache, and he’s all banged up from riding his bike off the roof. Over the next thirty years, they find each other again and again, brought together by injury, heartbreak, and their own self-destructive tendencies. Told in an unconventional structure with great compassion and humor by playwright Rajiv Joseph, Gruesome Playground Injuries is a compellingly intimate story that examines the balancing act between the fear of letting all our deepest wounds show and the quest to be fully understood.

Content Advisory: This play contains descriptions and depictions of self-harm and suicide that some may find distressing. For more information, please contact us.

Please select a performance
Sun, Apr 6th, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Preview Performance (including a talkback with the director)
Thu, Apr 10th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Preview Performance
Fri, Apr 11th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Opening Night
Sat, Apr 12th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Apr 13th, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Thu, Apr 17th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Fri, Apr 18th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Apr 19th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Apr 20th, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Mon, Apr 21st, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Industry Night
Thu, Apr 24th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Fri, Apr 25th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Apr 26th, 2025 at 8:00 pm
 
 

General Admission Tickets

Our Fridge is Open - Come on in! All tickets to Gruesome Playground Injuries are offered free of charge.

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Masks are not required but are invited

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