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 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.
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.
Hell In A Handbag Productions Presents I PROMISED MYSELF TO LIVE FASTER
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2023
Hell in a Handbag Productions will continue its 21st season with the Chicago premiere of I Promised Myself to Live Faster, an intergalactic queer extravaganza featuring closeted extraterrestrials, high stakes pursuits and nuns from outer space, featuring text by Greg Moss and Pig Iron, originally created and conceived by Pig Iron Theatre Company and directed by JD Caudill.
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.
Casting Announced for Hell In A Handbag's I PROMISED MYSELF TO LIVE FASTER
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 18, 2023
Hell in a Handbag Productions will continue its 21st season with the Chicago premiere of I Promised Myself to Live Faster, an intergalactic queer extravaganza featuring closeted extraterrestrials, high stakes pursuits and nuns from outer space, created and conceived by Pig Iron Theatre Company, with text by Greg Moss and Pig Iron and directed by JD Caudill*. I Promised Myself to Live Faster will play March 23 – April 16, 2023 at The Chopin Upstairs Theatre.