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Trap Door Theatre will begin its mainstage work of their 32nd season with a production of Ukrainian Playwright Natalka Vorozhbyt's Green Corridors, directed by Kay Martinovich.

Santa Fe's celebrated physical theater ensemble, Theater Grottesco, has announced a limited Chicago engagement for Action at a Distance … in 2025. Learn more here!

Chicago's Facility Theatre has announced the crew of its upcoming production of Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME, directed by Yasen Peyankov. The production runs May 24 - June 29, 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.

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!

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

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

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.

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 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 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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.