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Wombat Theatre Co's Gruesome Playground Injuries/Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Why these two plays together?
Both of these plays look at two people who connect over their deep emotional and physical pain but the characters, structure and style of the pieces is very different. Danny takes place over the course of one night and Gruesome over a period of 30 years. One play is very urban, the other feels suburban. One is very compact and intense, the other is comic and with pauses to let you breathe and think.
Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph
When Doug and Kayleen first meet in their elementary school's nurse's office, they bond over their internal and external ailments, setting a pattern that will define their relationship for the next 30 years. Seen in five year intervals, the two meet and share the major turns and developments in their lives while finding that the one consistent element is the painful calamities that plague them. Comic, sweet, dark and poignant, Gruesome Playground Injuries is a deep investigation into emotional and physical pain, and our ability to injure and heal ourselves and each other.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is an apache dance of a play between two violent and battered characters who are inarticulate yet yearn to speak. It takes place over one night when a "beast" of a man named Danny (the volatile and seething Danny) meets the physically weary but internally ferocious Roberta in a bar in the Bronx. The two spend the night connecting and fighting their way, tooth and nail, through defenses and revelations, pain and need to an absolution that may just bring hope to their injured and desperate lives if they don't destroy each other in the process. But are these two equipped to save each other or only to drown together in their passion and frustration?
Two plays. Two actors. One company. One team.
Directed by Steve Hart
Assistant Directed by Meghan O'Connor
Produced by Wombat Theatre Co
Stage Management by Rachel Abraham
Featuring Emily Kaczmarek and Nick Stag
Set Design by John Lavigne
Lighting Design by Robert Stevenson
Costume Design by Meaghan Cross
Public Relations Work by Kristen Tomanocy
Sound Design by Jorge Sanchez
December 13, 14 at 8pm
December 14 at 3pm (SPECIAL $10 STUDENT MATINEE)
December 20, 21 at 8pm
The Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street, New York, NY)
$18 ($15 for students)
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LocationThe Gene Frankel Theatre (View)
24 Bond Street
New York, NY 11211
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 10 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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