Trap Door Theatre Unveils 2025–2026 Season Featuring U.S. Premiere of GREEN CORRIDORS and More
The 32nd season includes Mainstage productions and new works in the Trap Open Series.
Trap Door Theatre has announced its 32nd season, featuring a bold lineup of Mainstage and Trap Open productions that spotlight global stories, experimental forms, and provocative new voices.
Mainstage Productions
Green Corridors
Written by Natalka Vorozhbyt
Translated by John Freedman with Natalia Bratus
Directed by Kay Martinovich
Runs January 15 – February 21, 2026
Ukrainian playwright Natalka Vorozhbyt's Green Corridors is a poetic, harrowing journey through a world fractured by war. Using absurdity and black humor, the play offers an urgent meditation on displacement, resistance, and identity. Kay Martinovich directs this deeply human story of survival and the echoes of conflict.
Le Bal
Based on the film by Ettore Scola
Adapted, Devised, and Directed by Stephen Buescher
Runs May 14 – June 20, 2026
Commissioned by Trap Door Theatre, Le Bal is a dialogue-free theatrical experience that captures political and personal transformation through dance, music, and fashion. Adapted and directed by Stephen Buescher with a curated score by Danny Rockett, this sweeping work brings decades of history to life through movement and sound.
Sławomir Mrozek Play Festival
Curated by Beata Pilch
Runs March 26 – April 19, 2026
A month-long celebration of the biting satire and surrealist wit of renowned Polish playwright Sławomir Mrozek, curated by Trap Door Artistic Director Beata Pilch.
Trap Open Series
Trap Open supports emerging artists and experimental works through bold new productions.
Ghost Fetus
Written by Suz Evans
Directed by Anna Klos
Runs September 11 – 27, 2025
A ghost seeking revenge. A church caught in contradiction. Two queer teens navigating faith, fear, and desire. Anna Klos directs Suz Evans’s haunting and hilarious new work about belief, identity, and reckoning.
Dutchman
Written by Amiri Baraka
Directed by Keith Surney
Runs October 9 – 25, 2025
Keith Surney directs a revival of Amiri Baraka’s explosive classic about race, power, and sexual politics. Dutchman remains a searing examination of American identity and social expectation.
A Devil Comes to Town
Based on the novel by Paolo Maurensig
Adapted and Directed by Jeremy Ohringer
Runs November 6 – 22, 2025
In a town consumed by literary ambition, a mysterious publisher’s arrival unleashes chaos. Jeremy Ohringer adapts Paolo Maurensig’s chilling fable about vanity, art, and the devil’s favorite game.
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Catch as Catch Can Steppenwolf Theatre Company (6/04-7/12) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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Metric, Broken Social Scene & Stars Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom (7/24-7/24) |
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The Notebook (Chicago) CIBC Theatre (8/04-8/16) |
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The Three Little Pigs at Stahl Family Theatre Chicago Kids Company (5/06-7/31) |
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& Juliet The Auditorium (7/22-8/02) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by The United European Ballet Company Coronado Theatre (11/04-11/04) |
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Theater of the Mind Theater of the Mind (6/04-8/30) |
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The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical North Shore Center for the Performing Arts - North Theatre (6/01-8/31) PHOTOS |