Michael Mejia

Trap Door credits

Acting
  • Dinner with Marx
  • Decomposed Theatre, Episode 1
  • The White Plague
  • Lipstick Lobotomy
  • Love and Information
  • The Killer
  • The Old Woman Broods
  • Monsieur D’eon is a Woman
Directing
  • The Ugly One
  • Queen C
  • Decomposed Theatre, Episode 3: The Man in the Circle, The Man with a Cockroach, Brainwasher 1, The Beggar
  • ALAS

Company Manager

Michael Mejia (they/them/theirs) has been a part of the Trap Door community since 2018. They studied acting and music performance at Indiana University before coming to Chicago. Michael is the Company Manager for Trap Door Theatre, where they are also a proud ensemble member. Michael is also a musician who plays guitar, piano and writes.

Gallery

This is Mejia’s directorial debut; we have seen them perform in several Trap plays including Lipstick Lobotomy and The Killer. Mejia also gets credit for the sophisticated video editing and original music. After viewing this small gem a few times, I’m eager to see Mejia direct a full-length production.

Nancy Bishop, Third Coast Review (on directing ALAS)

Director Michael Mejia has made Trap Door’s compact stage into a visual feast.

Jacob Davis, Around the Town (on directing Queen C)

…Mejia invites viewers to take a step back and examine their own complacency in the societies in which they live.

Lauren Katz, Picture This Post (on directing ALAS)

 …we need this unique presentation (…), a collaboration between this awesome ensemble (…Chicago’s amazing avant-garde company Trap Door Theatre) and an international group of guest performers and directors.

Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema (about Decomposed Theatre)