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Get Gruesome Playground Injuries tickets on TodayTix to see three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun (Succession) and two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young (Purpose) in this electrifying drama about the bonds, and bruises, that tie us together. Gruesome Playground Injuries plays at the Lucille Lortel Theatre for a limited run only this November and December.
Experience Gruesome Playground Injuries in New York. Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare the scars that can't keep them apart. Tony Award nominee Neil Pepe (American Buffalo) directs Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph's “irresistibly odd and exciting” (NY Daily News) play. Presented By Seaview, Sue Wagner, and John Johnson, this haunting work returns to the New York stage in a sizzling new production.
For eight weeks only, see two of today's biggest stars in this fascinating play, Gruesome Playground Injuries off Broadway.
1hr 30min.
Plays, Must-See, Revival, Stars on Stage, Contemporary, Off Broadway
Ages 16+.
November 7th, 2025
December 28th, 2025
By: Rajiv Joseph
Director: Neil Pepe
Cast list: Nicholas Braun (as Doug), Kara Young (as Kayleen)
Special access restroom, infrared listening system, wheelchair and ramp access
Nicholas Braun and Kara Young are two of today's biggest names in TV and theatre, respectively, so to see them on stage has the team behind this play buzzing with excitement.
“Off-Broadway is the beating heart of New York and there is no more thrilling place in the world to present a play than the storied and historic Lucille Lortel Theater,” stated the producers for Gruesome Playground Injuries in a statement. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to produce plays with and at The Lortel over the last two years, and we cannot wait for audiences to have the opportunity to revisit Rajiv Joesph’s staggering, transporting, timeless and healing work this fall on Christopher Street.”
Acclaimed director Neil Pepe also shared some words of welcome in a statement: "I have known and loved Rajiv Joseph's work for years and am thrilled to be directing this seminal play. To have the opportunity to work with these two extraordinary actors, Kara Young and Nicholas Braun, is a gift."
What to watch for
In this taut drama, two childhood friends compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.
Gruesome Playground Injuries runs for 1hr 30min.
Gruesome Playground Injuries is at New York's Lucille Lortel Theatre, which is located at 121 Christopher Street, New York, 10014.
Gruesome Playground Injuries tickets start at $68.
Ages 16+.
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