Donor Appreciation Night
Donor Appreciation Night
Chicago, IL
After the huge popularity and reception of our first Mother Courage and her Children Donor Appreciation Night, we would like to extend you an invitation to a second Donor Appreciation Night on Friday, March 1st at 8PM! Tickets are selling very fast to this production, so the sooner you can reserve …
Friday, March 1 2024
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
The Delivery - Presented by the Trap Open Series
The Delivery - Presented by the Trap Open Series
Chicago, IL
Trap Door’s Trap Open Series Presents The Delivery Written by Charlotte Jung Directed by Spencer Diedrick February 12th–20th, 2024 Sorting through an endless sea of boxes, Luce confronts her intense memories and unruly inner life locked up and stored away until now. A co-production with The In…
Mon, Feb 12 2024
8:00 PM
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Tue, Feb 20 2024
9:30 PM
The Pragmatists
The Pragmatists
Chicago, IL
Trap Door Theatre presents... The Pragmatists Written by Stanislaw I. Witkiewicz Translated by Daniel Gerould Directed by Zeljko Djukic Adapted by Adam Ranđelović The cast includes: Venice Averyheart, Caleb Jenkins, David Lovejoy, Ioana M. Rentea, Hannah Silverman, Keith Surney, and Kevin Web…
Thu, Sep 21 2023
8:00 PM
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Sat, Oct 28 2023
9:30 PM
The Mechanical Messiah - Presented by the Trap Open Series
The Mechanical Messiah - Presented by the Trap Open Series
Chicago, IL
Trap Door Theatre's Trap Open Series presents: The Mechanical Messiah Written by Ramona Rotten and Denver Hoffman Directed by Ramona Rotten Producers: Ramona Rotten and Alan Lewis The Mechanical Messiah tells the story of John Murray Spear, a 19th-century radical, who attempted to usher in a U…
Fri, Dec 8 2023
8:00 PM
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Sat, Dec 16 2023
9:30 PM
Princess Ivona
Princess Ivona
Chicago, IL
Princess Ivona Written by: Witold Gombrowicz Translated by: Krystyna Griffith-Jones and Catherine Robins Directed by: Jenny Beacraft Princess Ivona is a meditation on status, cruelty, and desire, confronting ideas of personal identity, and the failure of existing value systems. Ivona, a woman o…
Thu, Jan 12 2023
8:00 PM
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Sun, Feb 19 2023
8:30 PM
Joan and the Fire
Joan and the Fire
Chicago, IL
The US Premiere of Joan and the Fire Written By: Matei Vişniec Translated By: Jeremy Lawrence Directed By: Nicole Wiesner Joan and the Fire examines the way in which history is constantly being rewritten to better serve those in power. When a group of performers staging their take on the myth o…
Thu, Mar 9 2023
8:00 PM
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Sat, Apr 15 2023
9:15 PM
Consuewella Triptych in MOVE - Presented by the Trap Open Series
Consuewella Triptych in MOVE - Presented by the Trap Open Series
Chicago, IL
The Trap Open Series at Trap Door Theatre presents: Consuewella Triptych in MOVE Written and directed by Jacqueline Wade Consuewella: Triptych in MOVE is a moving puppet performance piece about an African American woman’s journey through MOVE, a radical mostly African American back-to-nature ac…
Sat, Nov 25 2023
8:00 PM
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Sun, Dec 3 2023
8:30 PM
Bowie in Warsaw
Bowie in Warsaw
Chicago, IL
Trap Door Theatre Presents the US Premiere of... Bowie in Warsaw Written by Dorota Masłowska Translated by Soren Gauger Directed by guest director from Poland Paweł Świątek The cast includes Holly Cerney, Emily Lotspeich, Miguel Long, David Lovejoy, Laura Nelson, Emily Nichelson, Tia Pinson, K…
Thu, May 18 2023
8:00 PM
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Sat, Jul 1 2023
9:30 PM
Sandbank Shadow Factory
Sandbank Shadow Factory
Chicago, IL
The Trap Open Series at Trap Door Presents: Matt Sandbank's Shadow Factory Matt Sandbank is a nationally-touring shadow puppeteer based in Durham, NC. His performances have awakened a sense of wit and wonder at schools, libraries, museums, and festivals for the past ten years. Matt has performed…
Saturday, July 15 2023
8:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Mother Courage and her Children
Mother Courage and her Children
Chicago, IL
Trap Door Theatre Presents: Mother Courage and her Children Written by Bertolt Brecht Translated by Eric Bentley Directed by Max Truax January 18–February 24, 2024 Extended through March 9, 2024 Mother Courage becomes a parasite of war as she, hell bent on her own survival, celebrates the Th…
Thu, Jan 18 2024
8:00 PM
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Sat, Mar 9 2024
9:50 PM