Dostoevsky wrote that to know a society, one should look in its prisons and hospitals. A ride in a cab might be a good idea, too. With just a few days till Christmas, Hellcab's isolated Chicago cabbie is driven to the edge of sanity by the fucked up bunch of weirdos he picks up.
   Friday and Saturday nights at 11:00 p.m. -- long live late night theatre! -- Cherry Red teams up with the Source Theatre to present the East Coast premieire of Will Kern's acclaimed drama.
   "Hilarious! The hellions at Cherry Red Productions have found themselves a suitable Christmas play in Hellcab, Will Kern's grungy saga of a Chicago cabdriver's day on the job. A holiday oddball!"-Washington Post. "Hysterically goofy! Alarmingly nasty! The cast gives honest, winning performances. An energetic, confident production. One heck of a ride!"-Washington Blade. "Alternately frightening, hilarious and poignant! Stunning and very touching! Hellcab [is] a real joy ride."-Chicago Tribune. "Whether you see the play as a portrait of embattled human decency, or a study of the intricacies of race, poverty and urban desperation... Hellcab is equally rewarding."-The Times (London).
   Directed by Cherry Red's artistic director, Ian Allen, Kern's dark tale of loneliness and insanity is sure to be the plump, ripe sugarplum atop your Christmastime itinerary.