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TRAP DOOR THEATRE

1655 W Cortland St
Chicago, IL 60622


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Chicago Theatres Celebrate Women's History Month In March With A Wide Selection Of Productions


by A.A. Cristi - February 29, 2024

Celebrate Women's History Month with Chicago Theatres featuring a variety of productions honoring the vital role of women in American history....

Trap Door Theatre Presents NANA This April


by A.A. Cristi - February 19, 2024

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

The Impostors Theatre Company Continues Fifth Season With BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE


by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2024

The Impostors Theatre Company will continue their fifth season with Beyond the Garden Gate, written by ITC ensemble member Mallory Swisher and directed by ITC Artistic Director Stefan Roseen. ...

Kokandy Productions, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre & More Nominated for 2023 Jeff Awards- See the Full List!


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 06, 2024

Celebrating its 50th anniversary awarding recognition for Non-Equity theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards has revealed its nominations for theater excellence among Non-Equity theater during the 2023 season....

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN Extends Through March 9 At Trap Door Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2024

Trap Door Theatre Presents Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Eric Bentley and directed by Max Truax. Extended through March 9, 2024....

Trap Door's Trap Open Series Presents THE DELIVERY By Charlotte Jung


by A.A. Cristi - January 29, 2024

Trap Door Theatre will continue its Trap Open Series with the show The Delivery. Written by Charlotte Jung, The Delivery will play February 12-20, 2024 at Trap Door Theatre....

Trap Door Theatre to Present MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN in January


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 04, 2023

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

The Trap Open Series Continues With THE MECHANICAL MESSIAH Opening December 8th


by Blair Ingenthron - December 03, 2023

Don't miss The Trap Open Series production of The Mechanical Messiah at Trap Door Theatre in Chicago. Written by Ramona Rotten and Denver Hoffman, this show promises to be a thrilling experience. Opening on December 8th....

Photos: First Look at The Impostors Theatre Company's THE LAST LIVING GUN in Rehearsal


by Blair Ingenthron - September 17, 2023

The Impostors Theatre Company (ITC) will open their fifth season with The Last Living Gun, written by Ryan Stevens and directed by ITC Artistic Director Stefan Roseen, featuring original music by ITC ensemble member Dominick Vincent Alesia. Check out rehearsal photos here!...

THE PRAGMATISTS Comes to the Trap Door Theatre in September


by Stephi Wild - July 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...

Past Shows

The Pragmatists
The Pragmatists
9/22 - 10/27/2023


In a setting that is at the same time a torture chamber, a chamber of the heart, and a chamber for a virtuoso recital, two ...

Bowie in Warsaw
Bowie in Warsaw
5/18 - 7/1/2023


The women of Warsaw tremble with the rumor of a strangler on the prowl… Set in the landscape of a true crime story from 1970’s ...

Princess Ivona
Princess Ivona
1/12 - 2/18/2023


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 ...

The Ugly One
The Ugly One
9/22 - 10/29/2022


Lette was never concerned with his looks until his peers, coworkers, and wife told him hes the ugliest man in the world. If a pretty ...

Medea Material
Medea Material
5/5 - 6/4/2022


Resident Director Max Truax returns to Trap Door to direct another Heiner Mller piece, after his triumphant production of Hamletmachine, which calculated chaos and mastered ...

The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey
The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey
1/20 - 2/26/2022


Director Nicole Wiesner brings her signature Trap Door style to adapt and direct this obscure Mroek farce. One of Polands most celebrated playwrights, Sawomir Mroek ...


Catherine Sullivan's (she/her) solo exhibitions, collaborations, performances, and films have been presented at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; The Renaissance Society at ...


This winter, Trap Door Theatre is collaborating with eight directors to create a series of episodes adapted from Matei Visniec's Decomposed Theatre Or The Human ...


Josiah Davis (he/him) is a director, choreographer, actor. His work strives to intersect expressive movement, live music, emerging technology, and ritual to breathe new life ...


Cristina Pronzati (she/her) has been involved in theatre and film in NY ever since her college days. This is not her first Trap Door experience: ...


Nicole Wiesner (she/her) joined the Trap ensemble in 1999 and currently serves as the Managing Director. Her directing credits for the company include Minna, The ...


Nicole Wiesner (she/her) joined the Trap ensemble in 1999 and currently serves as the Managing Director. Her directing credits for the company include Minna, The ...


Marian Masoliver (she/her) has more than thirty years of experience as an international actress, theatre director, drama teacher, and writer. She began her career studying ...


Michael Mejia (they/them) studied acting and music performance at Indiana University before coming to Chicago. Mejia is the company manager for Trap Door Theatre, where ...


Zachary Nicol (they/them) constructs texts across media that address scrutiny, identification, illegibility, and presentation. Their performance, writing, video, and print work has been presented in ...


Katarzyna Wińska (she/her) was born in Warsaw, capital of communist Poland in 1953. Since 1977, she has had M.A. in applied linguistics at the Warsaw ...

Lipstick Lobotomy
Lipstick Lobotomy
2/13 - 3/21/2020


In the world premiere of "Lipstick Lobotomy," John F. Kennedy's little sister, Rosemary Kennedy, and the playwright's Great Aunt Ginny develop a friendship at an ...

The White Plague
The White Plague
12/5 - 1/11/2020


On the brink of a world war, a mysterious plague starts killing everyone older than 45. A young doctor finds a cure, but what is ...

Love and Information
Love and Information
9/12 - 10/19/2019


Secrets. God. Death. Virtual Love Affairs. Terror. DNA. Memory. Madness. Pig Latin. How does our incessant consumption of information and virtual connectivity penetrate and frame ...

The Killer
The Killer
5/30 - 7/13/2019


A conscientious citizen finds himself in a radiantly beautiful city. There is only one problem in Utopia - it is marred by thepresence of an ...

25/25
25/25
4/11 - 4/20/2019


A celebration of 25 years of Trap Door TheatreA showcase to benefit Trap Doors move into the future! LIMITED ENGAGEMENT!ONLY 7 PERFORMANCES! Cast: Dennis Bisto, ...

Tango
Tango
2/21 - 3/30/2019


In this hilarious satire, the dangers inherent in contemporary society are inscribed in a universal story of how conformity, anarchy and formalism can come into ...

Childhood Beauty
Childhood Beauty
3/3 - 3/25/2019


Using the forms of theatre, performance art, and dance, Childhood Beauty is about reluctantly participating in Jane Fondas dance aerobics videos way-back-when. It is about ...

Troll
Troll
7/29 - 8/13/2016


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, ...

Hamletmachine
Hamletmachine
1/6 - 2/12/2011


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 ...

Videos


English in Chicago English
Goodman Theatre - Owen Theatre (5/10 - 6/9)
A Star Without A Name in Chicago A Star Without A Name
Chopin Theatre (4/6 - 4/7)
macbitches in Chicago macbitches
Univ of Illinois - Dept of Theatre (3/29 - 3/30)
Downtown Chicago TV & Movie Sites Tour in Chicago Downtown Chicago TV & Movie Sites Tour
Buckingham Fountain (11/19 - 1/10)
Teacher's Lounge Comedy in Chicago Teacher's Lounge Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (9/7 - 9/7)
Sondheim Tribute Revue in Chicago Sondheim Tribute Revue
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre (3/8 - 4/28)
Skunk and Badger in Chicago Skunk and Badger
Lifeline Theatre (3/2 - 4/7)
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