Trap Door Theatre

Trap Door Theatre
Formation 1990
Type Theatre group
Purpose avant-garde expressionism
Location
  • Chicago, IL
Artistic director(s)
 Beata Pilch
Website trapdoortheatre.com

Trap Door Theatre is an American Jeff Award-winning[1] avante-garde theatre company based in Chicago with a focus on European and original experimental material.[2]

History

Trap Door Theatre, founded by Beata Pilch and Sean Marlow, was incorporated in 1990 as a nomadic company touring theatres 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.[3]

Trap Door Theatre is located in Bucktown in Chicago in a 900-square-foot (84 m2) converted performance space which seats 45.[4]

Ensemble

  • Ya Boy
  • Tiffany Bedwell
  • Antonio Brunetti
  • Marzena Bukowska
  • Holly T. Cerney
  • Simina Contras
  • Casey Chapman
  • Kevin Cox
  • Gary Damico
  • Geraldine Dulex
  • Noah Durham
  • John Gray
  • David A. Holcombe
  • John Kahara
  • Lyndsay Rose Kane
  • Meghan Lewis
  • Emily Lotspeich
  • Alžan Pelesic
  • Chris Popio
  • David Steiger
  • Ann Sonneville
  • Bob Wilson
  • Carl Wisniewski
  • Beata Pilch (Artistic Director, Co-Founder)
  • Sean Marlow (Co-Founder)
  • Nicole Wiesner (Managing Director)
  • Meghan Lewis (Managing Director)
  • Max Truax (Resident Director)
  • Kate Hendrickson (Resident Director)
  • Gary Damico (Resident Stage Manager)
  • Meg Elgaard (Resident Stage Manager)
  • Richard Norwood (Resident Light Designer)
  • Zsófia Ötvös (Resident Makeup Artist)
  • Rachel Sypniewski (Resident Costume Designer)
  • Milan Pribisic (Resident Dramaturg)
  • Michal Janicki (Resident Graphic Designer)

(Honorary Members include Danny Belrose, Summer Chance, Dani Deac, Ewelina Dobiesz, Kristie Hassinger, 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 (March 2016, Romania: May 2016)
  • La Bête (March 2015)
  • First Ladies (March 2011)
  • Beholder (May 2008)
  • Nana (December 2002)
  • Lebensraum (March 2000)
  • Porcelain (March 2001)
  • Beholder (May 2008)
  • Emma (October 2007)
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (September 2006)
  • Old Clown Wanted (New York: November 2005; Chicago: November 2005; Romania: May 2007)
  • My Liver is Senseless
  • AmeriKafka
  • The Crazy Locomotive (New York: August 2005; Chicago: June 2005; Romania: May 2007)
  • Horses at the Window (March 2009 Romania: May 2009 Virginia, New York: November 2009)
  • Me Too, I am Catherine Deneuve (October 2010 Georgia, December 2010 Washington DC, April 2011 France, April 2012)

Awards & Honors

Joseph Jefferson Award Citations

  • Best Original Music (Danny Rockett, How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients)[5]
  • Best Actor in a Principal Role (Kevin Cox, La Bête)[5]
  • Best Costume Design (Rachel Sypniewski, La Bête)[5]
  • Best Original Incidental Music (Ovidiu Iloc, The Word Progress on my Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True)[5]
  • Best Actress in a Principal Role (Nicole Wiesner, First Ladies)[5]
  • Best New Work (Ken Prestininzi, Beholder)[5]
  • Best Ensemble (Nana)[5]
  • Best Supporting Actress (Sharon Gopfert, Lebensraum)[5]
  • Best Supporting Actor (Eric Johnson, Lebensraum)[5]
  • Best Ensemble (Lebensraum)[5]
  • Best Ensemble (Porcelain)[5]

References

  1. ↑ Award, Jeff. "Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre and The Hypocrites Take Top Honors at Non-Equity Jeff Awards". Jeff Awards. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Jones, Chris (August 17, 1999). "`Bondage' Walks, Talks Streetwalker's Life". Chicago Tribune. Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Hayford, Justin (April 3, 2013). "Esoteric, demanding Trap Door Theatre is off-Loop and all right". Chicago Reader (Arts & Culture). Reader. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Hayford, Justin (January 11, 2017). "Is Trap Door Chicago's greatest theater success of the last quarter century?". Chicago Reader (Arts & Culture). Rader. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Jefferson, Joseph. "Jeff Awards- Celebrating Excellence in Theatre". The Jeff Awards. Jeff Awards. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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