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Trap Door Theatre Presents GALILEO Beginning This May
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 19, 2025

Trap Door Theatre will conclude its mainstage work of their 31st season with a production of Brecht's Galileo, directed by Resident Director Max Truax. Galileo will play May 8 – June 14, 2025 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W Cortland St. in Chicago.

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN Comes to Trap Door Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2025

Trap Door Theatre will continue its 31st season of repertory and mainstage combined work with a remount of the Trap Door’s hit Mother Courage and her Children. Learn more here!

MEDEA MATERIAL Returns to Trap Door Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2024

 Trap Door Theatre will continue its 31st season of repertory and mainstage combined work with a remount of the Trap Door favorite of Medea Material featuring a new cast of stellar Trap Door ensemble members.

Trap Door Theatre to Present THE MARTYRDOM OF PETER OHEY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2024

Trap Door Theatre will present its repertory production of THE MARTYRDOM OF PETER OHEY. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Trap Door Theatre Presents NANA This April
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2024

Celebrate Trap Door Theatre's 30th anniversary with a reimagined production of NANA, adapted from Emile Zola's novel. Directed by Miguel Long.

Trap Door Theatre to Present MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2023

Trap Door Theatre presents 'Mother Courage and her Children,' a boisterous and musical production of Bertolt Brecht's classic play.

THE PRAGMATISTS Comes to the Trap Door Theatre in September
by Stephi Wild - Jul 31, 2023

Trap Door Theatre will open its 30th anniversary season with a new adaptation of Stanislaw Witkiewicz’s dark and shockingly absurd chamber piece, The Pragmatists. Directed by guest director Zeljko Djukic, The Pragmatists will play September 21 – October 28, 2023 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W Cortland St. in Chicago.

REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL Announces 2023 Lineup
by Blair Ingenthron - May 2, 2023

The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association will present the 2023 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival honoring playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel. From June 2 to June 14, the Bohemian National Hall will feature award-winning performances from the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and the US.

Trap Door Theatre Presents The US Premiere Of BOWIE IN WARSAW
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2023

Trap Door Theatre will round out its 29th season with the US premiere of Bowie in Warsaw, Dorota Masłowska's absurd comedy about freedom of self expression in Soviet era Poland.

Trap Door Theatre Presents the US Premiere of JOAN AND THE FIRE in March
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2023

Trap Door Theatre will continue its 29th season with the US premiere of Joan and the Fire, Matei Vişniec's playful and timely piece about revisionist history's effect on the iconic figure of Joan of Arc. Directed by Nicole Wiesner, Joan and the Fire will play March 9 – April 15, 2023 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W Cortland St. in Chicago.

PRINCESS IVONA Adds Sunday Performances Through February 19th at Trap Door Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 24, 2023

By popular demand, Trap Door will be adding 4 performances to the run of Princess Ivona at 7PM on Sundays through February 19th.

Trap Door Theatre Presents PRINCESS IVONA
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2022

Ivona, a woman of few words, is forcibly entangled into the intrigues of a dysfunctional royal court when she becomes Prince Philip's fiancée. Soon, Ivona becomes a royal spoiler revealing to each courtier their vices and blemishes.

Trap Door Theatre Presents THE UGLY ONE
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2022

Lette was never concerned with his looks until his peers, coworkers, and wife told him he's the ugliest man in the world. If a pretty face is all he needs to succeed, and plastic surgery is the solution, will he be willing to go under the knife?

Trap Door Theatre's THE MARTYRDOM OF PETER OHEY Extends Through March 26
by Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2022

Director Nicole Wiesner brings her signature Trap Door style to adapt and direct this obscure Mrożek farce. One of Poland's most celebrated playwrights, Sławomir Mrożek wrote this absurdist piece as a subtle critique of the political system of the time.

Trap Door Theatre Presents THE MARTYRDOM OF PETER OHEY
by Stephi Wild - Dec 9, 2021

Director Nicole Wiesner brings her signature Trap Door style to adapt and direct this obscure Mrożek farce. One of Poland's most celebrated playwrights, Sławomir Mrożek wrote this absurdist piece as a subtle critique of the political system of the time.

Trap Door Theatre Presents QUEEN C
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2021

Laura Ruohonen creates her own special world in her plays, whether depicting a seventeenth-century court or a modern apartment block. Ruohonen's texts are both poetic and down-to-earth, combining humour and tragedy into an organic whole.

Trap Door Theatre Presents AND AWAY WE STARED
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 24, 2021

Trap Door Theatre will present And Away We Stared, devised and directed by Skye Fort and Mike Steele. 

Trap Door Theatre Presents DISCOURSE WITHOUT GRAMMAR
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 12, 2021

Trap Door Theatre will continue its 27th season with Matei Vişniec's Discourse Without Grammar, fragments from Vişniec's 'Cabaret of Words'.

All Episodes of Trap Door Theatre's DECOMPOSED THEATRE Now Available to Rent
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2021

Trap Door Theatre has announced that all eight episodes of Matei Vişniec’s Decomposed Theatre are now for rent on their website. Directed by Neema Lahon, Marian Masoliver, Michael Mejia, Zachary Nicol, Cristina Pronzati, Catherine Sullivan, Nicole Wiesner, and Katarzyna Wińska. 

Tickets Are on Sale Now for Trap Door Theatre's DECOMPOSED THEATRE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 16, 2020

This winter, Trap Door Theatre will collaborate with eight directors to create a series of episodes adapted from Matei Visniec's Decomposed Theatre Or The Human Trashcan. From Dec. 3, 2020, to Feb.4, 2021, a unique adaptation from Visniec's 'dialogic spectacle of monologues' will be performed live on Zoom between the resident Chicago ensemble and an international group of guest performers and directors.