- Photo by Midge Mamatas
- Erik Lurz and Betty-Jane Parks expose scarring emotions in Gruesome Playground Injuries
The best horror movies of all time, like The Shining and The Exorcist, expose the beasties that invade our psyche, but the truly bedeviling monsters are even less overt. They make us alienate ourselves and lead us to become our own worst enemies — and hurtful to others. Gruesome Playground Injuries, currently in production at Stageworks, succeeds in churning out these inner demons as its two hopelessly flawed characters clumsily find redemption in the form of true love.
This article appears in Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2011.