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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 to argue about history. The story is told by an […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 19, 2023
    • Stages , Theater

    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 Theatre. However, the disease described in Czech playwright Karel Čapek’s […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 15, 2019
    • Stages , Theater

    The Old Woman Broods at Trap Door Theatre Is an Absurdist, Prescient Satire—or Is It?

    In case you think brooding suggests gloom and doom, think otherwise. Trap Door Theatre’s The Old Woman Broods is chaotic, cacophonous and more than a little cuckoo. The 1969 play by Polish […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 16, 2018
    • Stages , Theater

    Trap Door’s Monsieur d’Eon Is a Woman Dazzles With Gender Questions

    Trap Door Theatre takes on the contemporary issue of gender identity with the story of a famous soldier, diplomat and spy in 18th century France. Chevalier Charles-Genevieve-Louise-Auguste-Andre-Thimothee d’Eon had a distinguished […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 2, 2018
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