Dark and wintry days, cold nights: February is the perfect time to cuddle up with some so-called chiller theater. Here are some recommendations for theater productions you can watch from
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A still from “The Infinite Wrench Goes Viral,” from The Neo-Futurists, a Chicago performing-arts group. Credit.via The Neo-Futurists
Feb. 3, 2021
Dark and wintry days, cold nights: February is the perfect time to cuddle up with some so-called chiller theater.
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Toxic squares: Travis Schweiger and Chelsea J. Smith, top, and Neal Davidson in Stephen Belber’s “Tape.”Credit.via The Shared Screen
Let’s start with Stephen Belber’s “Tape,” which begins with a character shoveling coke up his nose and goes on from there. In this 2000 play (adapted into a Richard Linklater movie), the friends Vince and Jon have a relationship so toxic, it could qualify as a government cleanup project. Their reunion starts with the needle in the red, then really skids off