PTERODACTYLS ' St. Louis Actors' Studio
This 1993 comedy mines the depths of a popular trope -- the dysfunctional family. But the bite in playwright Nicky Silver's black comedy plunges it into the darkest of places, and it's getting a smart production at St. Louis Actors' Studio. It starts with a history lesson of sorts presented by Todd Duncan (Nathan Bush). After laying out an assortment of general misinformation, he talks about the din…