Kai Paynter Presents: The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy by Ron Elisha

Kai Paynter Presents is thrilled to premiere Ron Elisha's, incredible two-hander The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy.

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy is a sharp, darkly funny two-hander set in the intimate arena of a therapist’s consulting room, where words are weapons and “insight” can be just another story we tell ourselves. JEAN, an accomplished psychologist with cracks she works hard to conceal, faces. GIDEON, a witty, anxious set designer who turns every session into a performance until she decides it’s time to end their decade-long arrangement.

What begins as a clinical conversation becomes a high-wire duel of intellect, vulnerability, and control. Gideon’s

obsession with pattern-making — the “Texas sharpshooter” impulse to draw meaning around random hits — collides with Jean’s professional detachment, forcing both to confront what’s real, what’s projection, and what’s self-deception. As boundaries blur and needs intensify, the play asks: do we seek therapy to change, or to be witnessed? And what happens when the witness needs saving too?

December 1. 2. 4. 5, 7:00pm

6 December, 5:00pm

BYOB.

Single bathroom on premises, please be advised.

Content Warnings: Recommended for mature audiences, 16+. This production contains strong language, alcohol use, moments of sexual intimacy and tension. It also explores themes of loneliness, vulnerability, and emotional conflict. Viewer discretion is advised.