Aztec Economy in association with DarkFest and The Tank Present

BUTCHER HOLLER HERE WE COME

Text: CASEY WIMPEE

Featuring
ADAM BELVO, ISAAC BYRNE, COLT W. KEENEY, MICHAEL MASON
HARLAN SHORT, ADAM LATEN WILLSON & COLE WIMPEE

Direction: LEAH BONVISSUTO

The Tank
151 West 46 Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1592222
July 24 – August 2: Opening Night – 07/25/15

If you’re afraid of the dark, Casey Wimpee’s BUTCHER HOLLER HERE WE COME is not for you. Simulating a cave collapse somewhere under the ground in West Virginia, the play is performed mostly in total darkness, occasionally illuminated by head flashlights. The effect is both disconcerting and frighteningly authentic. It’s loud and chaotic, oxygen is dwindling, and there’s no food or water. Add to those dire circumstances a crew of five totally eccentric men, and you have the ingredients for disaster. As spirits and humans co-mingle, the subjects range from religion and politics to folklore and storytelling, and of course Brylcreem (it’s 1973). Waiting to be discovered and rescued, the men jockey positions and philosophies in order to survive.

BUTCHER HOLLER is definitely an impressive artistic endeavor. The ensemble does a remarkable job of moving around in blackness, popping up in unexpected places, all the while creating an atmosphere of pandemonium. It forces you to rely on a portion of your senses and at times to tamp down your own panic. An unusual theatrical experience for sure.

- Laurie Lawson -