Adam Rapp's 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.

In Horse Head form, the theater seats of Frenetic Theater will be replaced with tables and chairs with an additional bar inside the performance area.