Holiday Toy Drive at Trap Door Held for PROGRESS

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE presents the U.S. premiere of Progress through January 14. . 

Written by: Matei Visniec
Translated by: Joyce Nettles
Directed by: István Szabó K

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SAVE & SPEND FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Bring a new toy to Trap Door and get $10 off your ticket price!

Participate in Trap Door’s Toy Drive for refugees and children seeking asylum in Chicago with Chicago’s Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights and receive $10 off your ticket price for The word progress on my mother’s lips doesn’t ring true.

Bring a new toy to the theatre and help make the holiday season a little brighter for a newly arrived refugee and his or her family.

Toys will be distributed to the following Heartland Alliance programs:
The Marjorie Kovler Center; The International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES); The Refugee & Immigrant Community Services Center (RICS)

For more information visit: www.heartlandalliance.org

When: Opened: Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 8PM
Closes: Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8PM
Runs: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8PM

There will be no performances on Saturday December 24 or Saturday, December 31
Admission: $20, with two for one admission on Thursdays, $25 on Saturdays
Toy drive discount is limited to $10 per person on Thursday nights.

Where: TRAP DOOR THEATRE 1655 West Cortland Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
For Information/Reservations: 773-384-0494 To purchase online www.trapdoortheatre.com

What: Guest Hungarian/Romanian director István K. Szabó captures the signature comic/tragic surrealism of Matei Visniec’s The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True. Winner of the “Best Play in the Off-section” at the Avignon Festival in 2009″ this American Premiere delves into the pits of refugee psyche, a metaphysical space where one continuously runs from a place with nothing left, to a place with nothing to offer. This collaboration is made possible with the generous support of the Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago and a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding in New York.