Trap Door Theatre presents our 31th Season!
Trap Door Theatre is thrilled to explore a hybrid repertory model for its 31st season. This will feature three favorite Trap Door productions in rep, along with the development of two new mainstage productions, as well as a number of Trap Open Series productions throughout the season. With mainstage and repertory shows directed by Miguel Long, Nicole Wiesner, and Max Truax. Trap Door is also excited to continue its Trap Open Series programming with a production written and directed by company member Jonathan Quigley.
Main Stage Productions
The Mannequins’ Ball
January 23rd – March 1st, 2025
Written by Bruno Jasienski
Translated by Daniel Gerould
Directed by ensemble member Miguel Long and managing director Nicole Wiesner
On the one night a year when the mannequins gather for a ball, one mannequin stumbles into the wrong place and is forced to impersonate an important political figure. The Mannequins’ Ball joins the absurdity of modern politics with the avant garde interest in human mechanization that characterized the experimental theatre of the inter-war years. Managing Director Nicole Wiesner and Resident Choreographer Miguel Long team up once more to tackle this ambitious and timely production.
Galileo
April 24th – May 31st, 2025
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Charles Laughton
Directed by resident director Max Truax
The brilliant scientist Galileo must choose between his life and his life’s work when confronted with the demands of the inquisition. Considered one of Brecht’s masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist’s ethical responsibility, scientific morality, and the difficult relationship between the intellectual and authority. Resident Director Max Truax brings Brecht back to the Trap Door stage after his rousing success of Mother Courage and her Children.
In Repertory
The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey
September 19th-28th, 2024 and June 26th-28th, 2025
Written by Sławomir Mrożek
Adapted and Directed by ensemble member Miguel Long and managing director Nicole Wiesner
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A family’s life is turned upside down when a tiger suddenly appears in their bathroom. As more and more absurd characters invade their home (a Scientist, a Government Official, a Tax Collector, and more), the family must decide whether or not to give in and join the circus. Nominated for a Jeff Award for best Original Music in a Play, “The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey” examines how we cope when the world around us becomes a circus and we are the ones to pay the price.
Medea Material
October 17th-26th, 2024 and July 10th-12th, 2025
Written by Heiner Müller
Translated and Adapted by Sarah Tolan-Mee
Directed by resident director Max Truax
The classic story of Medea told through the lens of music and movement. Nominated for five Jeff Awards, Medea Material explores Euridepes’ Medea and its surrounding mythology, and engages Müller’s poetry and complex intersectionality in a dancetheatre spectacle.
Mother Courage and her Children
March 20th-29th, 2025 and July 17th-19th, 2025
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Eric Bentley
Directed by resident director Max Truax
Mother Courage becomes a parasite of war as she, hell bent on her own survival, celebrates the Thirty Years War as the source of her prosperity. Considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, wartime virtues become fatal to their possessors in this stark, anti-capitalist, and music filled play. After a fully sold out extended run in Trap Door’s 30th season Mother Courage and her Children returns to tell her epic story once more.
Trap Open explores non-traditional forms of play-making, while developing and giving voice to the next generation of groundbreaking theatre artists.
Trap Open
Fraudulent LLC
Written and directed by Jonathan Quigley
December 5th – 21st, 2024
Runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Trap Door Theatre is committed to seeking out challenging and obscure works. Whether a forgotten European classic, an international project rarely seen in the United States, or an untarnished piece of American literature, Trap Door seeks diverse voices and presents them through innovative expression. We mix established and imaginative techniques to illustrate the absurdities of living in today’s society.
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