The Trap Door Theatre Hosts HUNGRY MOTHER this Summer

Alison Vodnoy Wolf is an actor, playwright, and dancer. Her acting credits include HENRY V (Babes with Blades), DESCENT (Gnomon Shadow Theatre), boom and The Eyes of Oedipus (Know Theatre), and TRAFFICK (Pones). She wrote and performed a one-woman show, In Rehearsal, and toured it to theatres throughout the Midwest. In Rehearsal was awarded two Cincinnati ACCLAIM awards for best solo performance and best solo script. As a playwright her adaptations, The Eyes of Oedipus and The Dragon, were commissioned and produced by The Know Theatre. Her adaptation of James Joyce's ULYSSES was commissioned and performed by the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Drama Department. Alison received her BFA from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and her MFA from Goddard College. www.alisonvodnoy.com

Director Elyse Dawson is a theatre arts from Dayton, Ohio, where she received her B.F.A. in Acting at Wright State University. She made her directing debut last summer with the Jeff Recommended world premiere of THE PROMISE OF A Rose Garden with Babes With Blades Theater Company where she also serves as Co-Artistic Director. As an actor she has shared the stage with Akvavit Theatre, WildClaw Theatre, Otherworld Theatre Company and will be performing in MACBETH at Oak Park Festival Theatre starting in June.

Opens: Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 8PM

Closes: Saturday, July 29, 2016 at 8PM

Runs: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8PM

Admission: $10 on Thursdays and Fridays, $15 on Saturdays

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

Baba Yaga wants to have you for dinner. You are invited into her hut to learn three generations of wisdom, womanhood, and what it means to truly be hungry. HUNGRY MOTHER is a one-woman show that turns an old folktale into a surprising, unapologetic, dark comedy about female survival and desire.