About the Production

Doghouse Ensemble Theatre presented Gruesome Playground Injuries in collaboration with Third Onion Productions from April 26–28 in Dekalb, IL.

About the Play

This heartbreaking comedy bluntly showcases the beauty and pain of friendship. Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen (Zoe Greenwald) and Doug (Mikkel Knutson) intersect at inconspicuous pivotal moments, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that draw them together.

Gruesome Playground Injuries was performed in the Diversions Lounge of the Holmes Student Center at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL.

Directed by Julia Steenstra, featuring stage management by Kristen Cox, and sound design by Rachel Jaco.