No stunt coordinator is credited in the playbill, and the Neo-Futurists are hardly polished gymnasts, so it’s not surprising that this show’s feats tend more toward the contemplative than the spectacular. For a little over an hour, five charming rowdies demonstrate risky ventures great and small–eating highly spiced curry, for example–accompanied by biographical sketches of Knievel wannabes and philosophical discourses on the nature of reckless behavior. Ryan Walters’s show needs some tightening; lengthy setups dilute the impact of genuinely difficult tricks like Dean Evans’s barrel roll and John Pierson’s underwater homage to the immortal Houdini. But Anthony Courser’s thrilling long jump through a paper screen delivers all the heroic swagger expected of action-oriented entertainment. Through 10/15: Thu-Sat 8 PM. Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland (second floor), 773-275-5255. $10-$15; “pay what you can” Thu.
