The keyword of the season was . How do pharmaceuticals (both prescription and illicit) affect the neurotransmitters of love? How does addiction rewrite the script of a meet-cute? In 2019, the stage answered: messily, tragically, and sometimes, with startling tenderness.
In 2019, theatre moved beyond the "drugs ruin relationships" axiom. Instead, the most compelling romantic storylines posited a darker, more complex thesis: The intimacy shared in a moment of use was portrayed as real—but real in the way a fever dream is real: vivid, meaningful within its frame, and unsustainable upon waking. sex drugs theatre 2019 s01 all episodes 01 free