Trap Door Theatre


Trap Door Theatre is an avant-garde theatre company based in Chicago, United States. Its focus is on European and original experimental material.

History

Trap Door Theatre, founded by Beata Pilch and Sean Marlow, was incorporated in 1990 as a nomadic company touring theatre in Stockholm, Berlin, Zakopane, and Paris. In 1994, Trap Door brought its European tradition to the United States, creating a permanent home for the company in Chicago.
Trap Door Theatre is located in Bucktown in Chicago in a converted performance space which seats 45.

Ensemble

  • Maryam Abdi
  • Venice Averyheart
  • Dennis Bisto
  • Abby Blankenship
  • Marzena Bukowska
  • Holly T. Cerney
  • Gary Damico
  • Bill Gordon
  • David A. Holcombe
  • John Kahara
  • Lyndsay Rose Kane
  • Anna Klos
  • Emily Lotspeich
  • Miguel Long
  • David Lovejoy
  • Leslie Lund
  • Michael Mejia
  • Emily Nichelson
  • Beata Pilch
  • Chris Popio
  • Manuela Rentea
  • Ann Sonneville
  • Keith Surney
  • Nicole Wiesner
  • Bob Wilson
  • Carl Wisniewski
  • Max Truax
  • Kate Hendrickson
  • Richard Norwood
  • Danny Rockett
  • Zsófia Ötvös
  • Rachel Sypniewski
  • Milan Pribisic
  • Michal Janicki
Honorary members include Tiffany Bedwell, Danny Belrose, Antonio Brunetti, Summer Chance, Dani Deac, Ewelina Dobiesz, Kristie Hassinger, Sean Marlow, Kim McKean, Catherine Sullivan, Andrew Cooper Wasser, Michael Garvey, Bob Rokos, Tiffany Joy Ross, Wesley Walker, Michael S. Pieper, and Krishna Le Fan.

Notable productions

  • How to Explain The History of Communism to Mental Patients
  • La Bête
  • First Ladies
  • Beholder
  • Nana
  • Lebensraum
  • Porcelain
  • Beholder
  • Emma
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
  • Old Clown Wanted
  • My Liver is Senseless
  • AmeriKafka
  • The Crazy Locomotive
  • Horses at the Window
  • ''Me Too, I am Catherine Deneuve''

Awards and honors

Joseph Jefferson Award citations