The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True Guest Hungarian/Romanian director Istvan K. Szabo captures the signature comic/tragic surrealism of Matei Visniec’s The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True. Winner of the “Best Play in the Off-section” at the Avignon Festival in 2009″ this remarkable remount delves into the pits of refugee psyche, a metaphysical space… (more…)
Symptômes International Voices Project 2013 ~ France By: Gabriella Maione Translated by: Gabriella Maione The play was originally written in French but Gabriella Maione, translated by herself in English for its publication. Symptômes was also published in Polish, by publishers Panga Pank KSIEGARNIA AKADEMICKA and translated by reknown Shakespearian translator, Mateusz Borowski. Gabriella Maione is French, born in Italy, intent on bringing to the American public French… (more…)
By Venus Zarris We’ve all visited friends after they’ve invested in home improvements and/or personal make-overs. Eager to share the new look of their lives, they draw us into the process of their transformation. The Unveiling, by playwright Václav Havel, turns showing off into evangelical proselytizing when Vera and Michael invite their friend Ferdinand over for an evening of high… (more…)
THE UNVEILING & the U.S. premiere of DOZENS OF COUSINS Written by: Václav Havel Translated by: Jan Novak Directed by: Beata Pilch A humorous commentary of a marginalized man taunted with the life he could be living. What happens when a man visits friends for the grand reveal of their new décor and discovers that their next project is him?… (more…)
ROCK IT TO ROMANIA @ MARIE’S RIP TIDE LOUNGE!!! Trap Door Theatre is going to Romania and they need your help to get us there!!!!!!!!! Last season’s critically acclaimed hit “the word Progress on my mother’s lips doesn’t ring true,” directed by Istvan Szabo K., has been invited to perform in Romania in the Spring of 2013! Trap Door Theatre has… (more…)
Feature and Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Obie Award-winning Playwright Caridad Svich honors the reality of homecoming for our Vets and their families in her prescient new play SPARK. Trap Door Theatre presented a powerfully captivating staged reading on November 11, 2012 in honor of Veterans Day. Rarely does an introduction capture the true magnitude of a production. Trap Door’s intro… (more…)
SPARK Written by: Caridad Svich Directed by: Kate Hendrickson Trap Door Theatre is a proud participant in the international reading scheme for 2012 OBIE Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich’s new play Spark. The script-reading scheme has been developed to honor US war veterans, shed light on the plight of female veterans in particular, and to raise increased awareness for their stories by… (more…)
The Arsonists A study of a tepid society that refuses to question obvious exploitation, Max Frisch’s The Arsonists introduces mild mannered Mr. Biederman, who, emotionally castrated by his bourgeois guilt allows two smooth talking arsonists to burn his house to the ground. Parisian Clowning Master and Director and Founder of Cie Umbral Theatre in Paris, Victor Quezada-Perez uses stylistic clowning… (more…)