Blair and Fleischer Set for Premiere of Gruesome Playground Injuries
By Adam Hetrick
08 Oct 2009
Selma Blair and Brad Fleischer will co-star in the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries at the Alley Theatre in Houston.
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Rebecca Taichman, who directed The Scene Off-Broadway at Second Stage, will helm the premiere that runs Oct. 16 through Nov. 15 on the Neuhaus Stage. The production is the first play presented as part of the Alley's New Play Initiative.
Blair ("Hellboy," "Legally Blonde," "Kath & Kim") will portray Kayleen opposite Brad Fleischer (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Coram Boy, Streamers) as Doug in the two-hander.
According to the Alley, "Gruesome Playground Injuries charts two lives, using scars, injuries and calamity as the mile markers. An imaginative tour de force the play explores why people hurt themselves to gain another's love, and the cumulative effect of such damage, of such demands."
Designing the production are Riccardo Hernandez (scenic design), Miranda Hoffman (costume design), Christopher Akerlind (lighting design), Jill BC DuBoff (sound design) and Mark Bly (dramaturg).
Blair's extensive screen credits also include "Feast of Love," "The Big Empty," "The Poker House," "In Good Company," "A Dirty Shame," " Storytelling" and "Cruel Intentions." She will appear in the forthcoming film "Columbus Circle."
Fleischer has appeared on stage in Pig Farm at South Coast Rep and Paris Commune at the La Jolla Playhouse. On screen he has appeared in "The Good Shepherd," "Jericho," "The Unit," "Prison Break" and "Over There."
Playwright Rajiv Joseph has penned Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which was produced by Center Theatre Group and directed by Tony nominee Moisés Kaufman last spring. His plays also include Animals Out of Paper, The Leopard and the Fox, Huck & Holden and All This Intimacy. He is the recipient of the 2009 Paula Vogel Award.
Tickets are available by visiting AlleyTheatre. The Alley Theatre is located at 615 Texas Avenue in Houston, TX.
