"Artistic Director, Beata Pilch, founded Trap Door with a commitment to seeking out challenging yet obscure works and bringing them to life. Whether it be the European classic rarely seen in the United States, an untarnished piece of American literature, or the playwright living next door, Trap Door will find these voices and present them to the public through innovative expression. We utilize old traditions mixed with the new to illustrate the absurdities of living in today's society. Founded in 1990, Trap Door began as a nomadic troupe, thrilling the European theaters of Stockholm, Berlin, Zakopane and Paris with its grass-roots, avant-garde expressionism. It was on these stages that our trademark style of myth, ritual and revolution first crystallized. In March of 1994, Trap Door brought the stage-coach home to America, along with the exotic sensibilities that it had developed on its low budget, international tours."
