Emily Lotspeich
Trap Door credits
Acting
- Bowie in Warsaw (Chicago, New York)
- Joan and the Fire
- Medea Material
- Discourse Without Grammar
- Decomposed Theatre, Episode 4
- ALAS
- Reality Theatre (Trap Open)
- Lipstick Lobotomy
- Love and Information
- Monsieur D’eon Is A Woman
- Sad Happy Sucker (Trap Open)
- Locketeer
- Phèdre
- Fantasy Island For Dummies
- The Duchess of Malfi
- Anger/Fly
- 12 Ophelias
- AmeriKafka
Directing
- Reality Theatre (Trap Open)
- The Universal Wolf
- Tango
- Made In Poland (part of International Voices Project)
- Beholder (assistant director)
- Blood on the Cat’s Neck (assistant direct for 20th anniversary remount)
Stage managing
- Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes
- How To Explain The History Of Communism To Mental Patients (European tour in 2017)
Ensemble member Emily Lotspeich (she/her/hers) has been a member of the Trap Door since 2012. Originally from Cincinnati, she received a BFA in theater from Depaul University. In addition to Trap Door, Emily has worked with Prop Thtr, Silent Theatre Company, Polarity Ensemble and Cornservatory.
Gallery
Emily Lotspeich embodies the spirit of the storefront as the play’s prop and makeup designer as well as its director.
Kevin Greene, Newcity Stage (about The Universal Wolf)
Emily Lotspeich …is a human instrument.
Jacob Davis, Around The Town Chicago (about Phedre)
The physicality of Emily Lotspeich was impressive to behold.
Tom Williams, Chicago Critic (about Fantasy Island for Dummies)