Review: Trap Door Stages the Stylish if Mystifying Play, The Pragmatists—Is It an Anti-War Play?
Two old friends, their bonds apparently fractured by despair at a collapsing world or something else entirely, meet again. One…
Review: In Trap Door’s Dark Comedy, Bowie in Warsaw, a Strangler Prowls the City But the Starman Is Present Only in Spirit
Bowie in Warsaw isn’t really a play for David Bowie fans but it is an example of Trap Door Theatre’s ability…
Review: In Joan and the Fire at Trap Door Theatre, the Storytellers Battle Over History but Joan Still Burns
Joan and the Fire, Trap Door Theatre’s latest production, by Romanian playwright Matei Vișniec, takes us back to the Middle Ages…
Review: Trap Door Stages Princess Ivona, a Political Satire and a Theatrical Carnival
Princess Ivona inspires Trap Door Theatre to show us what it does best: Take a clever script and turn it…
Review: Trap Door’s The Ugly One Is a Brilliant and Delirious Take on the Construct of Beauty
I always get to shows early. I consider that to be a virtue and also very helpful in getting the…
Review: Trap Door Theatre Devises And Away We Stared for Livestream and Recorded Viewing
Trap Door Theatre’s new production, And Away We Stared, is an example of “devised theater,” a mode of expression that’s…
Review: Discourse Without Grammar Displays Trap Door’s Ingenuity in Performance Art
Matei Vişniec’s plays are a bit bewildering and disorienting. They‘re theater of the absurd with a twist. But Trap Door…
Report: How Virtual Theater Can Expand the Influence of Local Theaters Post-Pandemic
Virtual theater has come in many forms during the last eight pandemic months. Our most recent theater review was actor/clown…
Review: Trap Door Crafts Alas, a Stunningly Theatrical Video Montage
It may be theater…or perhaps film. But it’s not exactly a play. It’s a surreal symphony of exotic makeup and…
Review: Lipstick Lobotomy at Trap Door Theatre Plays With Women’s Minds
Trap Door Theatre’s latest production is the enchantingly titled Lipstick Lobotomy by playwright Krista Knight, directed by Kate Hendrickson. It’s…
Review: Should We Fear Disease or Demagogues in Trap Door’s The White Plague?
The White Plague or a new form of leprosy is what everyone fears in the new play at Trap Door…
Review: Love and Information at Trap Door Mines Our Anxieties About Human Connections
Trap Door Theatre’s production of Love and Information, Caryl Churchill’s 2012 play, is more performance art than theater. But Kim…
