Inspired by the short story by Gabriel García Márquez, this world premiere is a darkly comic fable about a mysterious old man with enormous wings who falls from the sky into the yard of an ordinary couple. As neighbors, opportunists, and skeptics descend upon the strange...
Trap Door continues its tradition of international touring with its twisted and hilarious adaptation of The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey. The production performs in Krakow, Cieszyn as part of the Without Borders Festival, and returns to Teatr Druga Strefa in Warsaw.
A tortured young man, ferociously insane parents, and a mystical drug addict collide in this dark absurdist comedy with a twist of vaudeville. Featuring Terry Bell, Shawna Franks, Camilla Frontain, and Larry Grimm.
This Chicago premiere follows the New Guy in the world's most generic office, made harder by having just come out as transgender, while the boss happens to be a Big Furry Monster. Oh, Buddy is a dark, absurdist comedy about how the bizarre demands of binary gender affect the way...
In this Chicago premiere, a wealthy young woman assumes a false identity to investigate her own arranged marriage, unraveling a web of schemes and seductions that expose the fragile boundaries between class, gender, and desire. Both witty and surprisingly modern, Marivaux's...
While returning to the land of his childhood, a weary traveler encounters a series of strange and indifferent characters. His journey becomes a surreal meditation on memory, identity, and the impossibility of escape. Ionesco weaves commonplace ideas, images, and observations to...
A U.S. premiere based on the novel Magiczna Rana by Dorota Masłowska, this fragmented, darkly comic adaptation explores the contradictions of contemporary life through a series of loosely connected stories. Blending biting satire with lyrical experimentation, it follows...
This world premiere full-length musical satire by Danny Rockett is a baseball-backdropped farce set in an artificially unintelligent dystopia where money, power, celebrity, technology, nepo baby capitalism, and the business of baseball all collide.
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Birds of North America is a touching and supremely well-acted two hander. A Red Orchid Theatre’s return engagement reunites Cassidy Slaughter-Mason and John Judd as father-daughter duo Caitlyn and John, directed by Artistic Diretor Kirsten Fitzgerald. Over the course of roughly 10 years, Caitlyn a…
The Grease Parody musical shows love and respect to its imitation the best way it knows how — with creative commentary, meta music, and joyous jokes that are sure to make you chuckle, laugh, or anything in between.…
What did our critic think of MEAN GIRLS at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL?…
Elephant in the Womb somehow strikes a perfect balance between inappropriate humor, social commentary, and tasteful fourth wall breaking that will leave you feeling uncomfortable, pensive, and warm and fuzzy all at once.…
Next Friday, the Country will pause to remember, mourn and honor those victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The town of Gander, Newfoundland, is called the Rock. During the week that followed, it truly was a rock. The current production at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is the emotional b…
It was a bold choice for Kokandy’s artistic director Derek Van Barham to stage such a huge musical in the tiny cabaret space at the Chopin Theater. Fortunately, Sondheim’s brilliant score and lyrics are gorgeously delivered in Kokandy’s version.…
What did our critic think of ADOLESCENT SALVATION at Theater Wit?…
The current production at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace is Buddy: the Buddy Holly Story. It was the first of the jukebox musicals premiering in 1989. It was conceived and written in England. It ran in London’s West End for 12 years. An interesting fact: Paul McCartney holds the copy…
I Love You Because is your typical rom-com with cute duets, silly jokes, and flawed characters that showcase exactly how love can be messy.…
During a time where our country remains divided, this energetic and thoughtful piece of art reminds us of the beauty that can be found when we come together across our differences, no matter where we come from or where we call home.…
Utopia Trip, written by Adam Ranđelović, is a staged reading presented as part of Trap Door Theatre's Season 32 playreading series, Sundays Abroad. The play challenges conventional storytelling while exploring themes of identity, society, and the human desire to escape the...
Trap Door Theatre presents Rag Doll on a Bomb Site, a poignant exploration of a performer’s struggle for recognition in the shadow of trauma. Written, performed, and choreographed by Shelley Cooper, the show delves into the life of Lotte Lenya as she grapples with her past while...
Trap Door Theatre presents the World Premiere of Ghost Fetus, a thought-provoking play written by Suz Evans and directed by Anna Klos. The story explores themes of revenge, faith, and desire through the lens of two queer teens and a conflicted church, featuring a ghost that...
Due to the onset of preeclampsia, eight-months pregnant neurosurgeon May Evans has been placed on bed rest and ordered to “do less”…forcing her husband Sam, a popular online journalist, to try and keep her from sneaking off to make calls to her staff. But as May’s condition...
Trap Door Theatre presents Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine, translated by Carl Weber, directed by Max Truax, with music composed by Jonathan Guillen. There's something rotten in Denmark. This is the basis for Hamletmachine, Heiner Muller's seminal postmodernist meditation on the...
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Fleetwood Max Raue Center For The Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Mean Girls Paramount Theatre (8/26-10/11) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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The Swallow Open Space Arts (9/11-9/27) |
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Journeyman Presents 50 years of SLOWHAND Raue Center For The Arts (1/23-1/23) |
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Jagged Little Pill: A Tribute to Alanis Morissette Raue Center For The Arts (10/16-10/16) |
