Cave Theatre Company to Present GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES at UNDER St. Marks, 4/7-17

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present a Cave Theatre Company production of Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, directed by James Masciovecchio. The show will run April 7-17 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) with performances Thursday through Sunday at 8pm. Tickets ($17) may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info. The show runs approximately 85 minutes, with no intermission.

Accidents happen, and no one knows that better than Doug and Kayleen. Over the course of three decades, grievous injuries - both physical and metaphorical - always seem to bring them together; to heal, or at least share the pain. Love hurts...but is it supposed to bleed this much?

The show will feature Kiley Caughey as Kayleen and Alex Etling as Doug with Stage Manager Luisa Sanchez-Colon and producers Josh Triplett and Cassie Wood.

James Masciovecchio (Director) is a Brooklyn Based Director/Actor. A 2011 Graduate of Point Park University's Conservatory of the Arts. He has spent his time traveling the country with an educational theatre company, production managing a downtown festival, and creating and producing work whenever he can. He's staged readings of movies, directed Shakespeare, and now is taking the leap and starting a company! Directing credits include Twelfth Night (Hudson Shakespeare Co.), Another Moon Called Earth (Point Park University), The Red Coat (Point Park University) among others. Acting credits include Cymbeline, Shining City, Macbeth,Room Service, and more.

Cave Theatre Company It is within caves that the first art appeared - tales of humanity carved or painted on the rock walls. Our ancestors walked deep into the earth away from all light and created stories with paint, with fire, with song. We now venture into the dark as our ancestors did and strive to do the same. The lines and shadows flicker and dance in our torchlight. The flickers on the walls create visions of worlds unknown. In this dark, raw, and fertile space - in this cave - anything is possible.

Cave Theatre's 2015-2016 Inaugural Season has included Row After Row by Jessica Dickey (October 2015) and Touch by Toni Press-Coffman (January 2016).

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group.