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Actor Scott McCord has an uncanny knack for portraying wild and intense guys, a talent he’s put to use in Easy, The Contract, Jump and Paralysis. In Jacob Richmond’s The Qualities Of Zero, McCord moves into sane mode as Dr. Roland Welby, a boy genius who takes his own experimental drug, one that stifles emotions and allows him to understand the crazies around him, including a boss who wants to be a pirate and a creepy lab partner. Michael Kessler directs the Jack in the Black production (see listings, page 94).