THEATRE + COMEDY

Horse Head Theatre takes on Adam Rapp’s Essential Self Defense. Running May 12 – 28, 2011 at Frenetic Theater. Horse Head Theatre presents the regional premiere of Essential Self Defense by company favorite Adam Rapp.

Essential Self Defense is the story of how loan wolf Yul Carrol is pushed to the breaking point by a society that perpetuates fear and mistrust through a barrage of multi-media formats. After meeting Sadie Day, a client at the self defense studio at which he is employed, Yul is introduced to a host of characters all doing the best they can to make sense out of the disappearance of a dozen children from the local middle school.

Through the kindness of Sadie and her friends, Yul begins to embrace a humanity that has remained so elusive in his life. His evolution is short lived as suspicions about the whereabouts of the missing children soon find their way to Yul.

In true Horse Head form, the traditional theater seats of Frenetic Theater will be uprooted and replaced with tables and chairs, an additional bar will be available for easy-access beverages inside the performance area, and spectacular scenic elements will embrace the audience into the world of Bloggs, a town in the heartland.

Cast includes Troy Schulze (Yul), Bree Welch (Sadie), John Deloach (Isaak), Josh Morrison (Klieg the Butcher), Rebekah Stevens (Sorrell), Xzavien Hollins (Chuck) and Kirk Suddreath (Bob the Beard). Collaborating production team includes Jeremy Choate, Anthony Contello, Jacob Davis, Kevin Holden, Caitlin McMillen, Elisabeth Meindl, Matthew Schlief, Drake Simpson, and Frank J. Vela.

Ages 18+ only.

Horse Head Theatre Co. is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization in Houston striving to create a form of theatre unlike anything that has come before, receiving inspiration from American theatre designer Robert Edmond Jones. Horse Head Theatre Co.'s mission is to re-energize Houston audiences and artists with theatrically designed experiences using local talent and non-traditional methods.

Photo below by Natalie Hebert..