Upcoming Events
The Man Who Fell with the Rain
Comedy/Drama
Runs Sep 03 – Sep 19, 2026
A poignant and darkly comic fable about a mysterious old man with enormous wings who falls from the sky into the yard of an ordinary couple. As neighbors, pilgrims, opportunists, and skeptics descend upon the strange visitor, wonder gives way to greed, fear, and spectacle. Blending magical realism with biting humor and profound humanity, Kureichik’s play asks what happens when the miraculous appears in our midst—and whether we are capable of recognizing grace when it arrives.
Oh, Buddy
Comedy/Drama
Runs Nov 12 – Dec 12, 2026
“New Guy” returns to his office job after receiving gender affirming care, and is determined to secure the promotion he’s long deserved. He finds himself trapped in an increasingly surreal workplace where his coworkers’ awkward acceptance, forced camaraderie, and gendered power games become harder to navigate than the job itself. As office politics spiral into absurdity—and his monstrous boss proves more literal than metaphorical—the play skewers allyship, masculinity, and belonging.
1655 W. Cortland
Chicago IL 60622
Chicago IL 60622
773-384-0494
“No other theater can consistently suspend reality to create overwhelming and oftentimes-otherworldly atmosphere, usually before the action or dialogue even begins, like Trap Door Theatre. To say that they are the foremost purveyors avant-garde theater in Chicago is to understate this portal to alternate realms. Hidden down a narrow walkway, next to a bar, behind a restaurant, on a side street in Bucktown is a black trap door that opens into the extremes of theatrical imagination. You could drive by it and easily miss this purgatorial paradise of the sublime surreal,” Venus Zarris, Chicago Stage Review