The Play
*Content Warning: self harm*
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Written by Rajiv Joseph
When Doug and Kayleen meet in the nurse’s office of their elementary school, it launches an atypical love story spanning 30 years. Through injury, heartbreak, and their own self destructive tendencies, these childhood friends always find their way back to one another. With incredible compassion and humor, Rajiv Joseph crafts a compelling and unconventional love story of two people who are always injured- inside and out.
Characters
Kayleen, ages 8 - 38
Doug, ages 8 - 38
Place
Kayleen
Kayleen has been fending for herself for her entire life. She's tough on the outside, but she suffers emotionally and physically on the inside. She is curt, guarded, and never able to ask for what she wants or needs.
Various Places
Time
Over the course of 30 years
Doug
Doug is constantly doing stupid things that lead to countless near death experiences, like losing one of his eyes to a firework. He is convinced that Kayleen is the only thing that heals his wounds. He is raw, unfiltered, and unapologetic.