WORLD PREMIERE April 20 - May 11, 2008 Julianne Argyros Stage THE INJURED PARTY by RICHARD GREENBERG directed by Trip Cullman 944 Magazine and KPCC, Media Partner Approximately one hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission.

Reg Rogers and Cynthia Harris in The Injured Party. Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.

The Old Guard is giving way. What will happen once it’s gone?  That’s the underlying question in Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s eighth SCR World Premiere. Maxene is 94, rich and — possibly — immortal. Her grandson, Seth, no spring chicken himself, is not-so-rich, hopelessly stalled and determined that redistribution must commence. The time may be out of joint, but at least the joint is jumping in this ingenious new comedy about family, love, art, money, ambition, Christmas and—could it be?—homicide.

Playwright:
Richard Greenberg is the author of seven previous SCR world premieres: The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award; Pulitzer Prize finalist; Olivier, Drama Desk and Hull-Warriner nominations), Night and Her Stars, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way and The Extra Man. His play, Take Me Out, won the Tony, New York Drama Critics, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Lortel awards for Best Play. His other plays include The Dazzle, The House in Town, The American Plan, Life Under Water and The Author's Voice. He is a winner of the Oppenheimer Award and the first winner of the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in mid-career.

Recommendation and Resources:
Sophisticated theatregoers (high school and above) will delight in Greenberg’s razor sharp dialogue and rampant wit. The author characterizes his new play as having “a certain macabre exuberance,” and while a couple of “macabre” occurrences are mentioned, what happens onstage is, as ever, wonderfully funny and intrinsically smart. Strong language.

• latimes.com - PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING. Richard Greenberg's fresh perspective
• ocregister.com - 'The Injured Party' in Costa Mesa probes gulf between haves and have-nots. At South Coast Repertory, a new Richard Greenberg play looks at money and the happiness it can't buy.

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*Post-show discussion led by SCR literary staff and artists from the show.
**ASL interpreted performance for the Deaf community.