Caleb Lee Jenkins

Trap Door credits

Acting
  • Medea Material (Repertory cast)
  • Martyrdom of Peter Ohey (alternate Repertory cast)
  • Nana (2024)
  • Mother Courage and her Children
  • Pragmatists
  • The Ugly One

Principal actor Caleb Lee Jenkins (he/him/his) has been with Trap Door since 2024. He was raised in Kansas and later founded an educational program (Courtyard Shakespeare) which serves High School students in the greater Kansas City area. He received his BFA from Chapman University in Orange, California.

Gallery

Caleb Lee Jenkins is the playful, yet mercenary scoundrel.

Bill Esler, Buzz Center Stage (about Nana)

Caleb Lee Jenkins and Kevin Webb give solid, understated performances as, respectively, the army chaplain and cook who are romantic rivals for Mother Courage.

Hugh Iglarsh, Newcity Stage (about Mother Courage)

Caleb Lee Jenkins, the newest company member, plays Fanton with a certain evil joie de vivre.

Nancy Bishop, Third Coast Review (about Nana)

Caleb Lee Jenkins plays the Chaplain with appropriate gravitas.

Nancy Bishop, Third Coast Review (about Mother Courage)

Caleb Lee Jenkins — ability to slide seamlessly from clownishness to dolor to belligerence, and then back again to physical and verbal comedy.

Michael Antman, Chicago Theatre Review (about the Pragmatists)