In Essential Self-Defense, disgruntled outcast
Yul Carroll takes a job as an attack dummy in a woman's self-defense class and finds himself mysteriously drawn to Sadie,
the repressed bookworm mercilessly honing her skills on him. Meanwhile, all's not well on the unassuming Midwestern streets of Bloggs:
with local children vanishing at an alarming rate, our hero, his lady friend, and a motley assortment of poets, butchers, and punk librarians
prepare to battle the darkness on the edge of town. Gurnet Theatre Project presents the Boston premiere of the new comedy from acclaimed
playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Adam Rapp (Nocturne, Stone Cold Dead Serious, Red Light Winter).
“Rapp is a fresh voice with no fear. The journey is filled with oddball joy.”
Newsday
