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Meet the Playwright of the next Sundays Abroad reading, UTOPIA TRIP, Adam Ranđelović!Adam Ranđelović (Playwright) As sta...
06/12/2026

Meet the Playwright of the next Sundays Abroad reading, UTOPIA TRIP, Adam Ranđelović!

Adam Ranđelović (Playwright) As stated by the official documents - born in the USSR, although three years after that country perished. He has been existing accordingly ever since. He has written, edited and translated (from and into Serbo-Croatian, Russian and English) over 20 books, which were published in Serbia, Croatia, Russia, Estonia and Finland. Published short stories, plays and essays in Russia, Finland and the US. Occasionally worked as a dramatist, dramaturge and theatre director in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and the US. Most notably, adapted Stanisław Witkiewicz’s The Pragmatists, staged by Zeljko Djukic at Trap Door Theatre in September 2023. He has evoked in his inner mind the dialogue below every single day since:
August 2011:
“Father Ubu: Well, Captain, did you have a good dinner?
Captain Bordure: Very well, sir, except for the s**t.
Father Ubu: Hey! The s**t wasn’t bad.”

Pay What You Can tickets: https://our.show/sundays-abroad-utopia-trip

Time is running out, so join us this weekend for our second to last week of LE BAL!This Sunday's matinee performance wil...
06/11/2026

Time is running out, so join us this weekend for our second to last week of LE BAL!

This Sunday's matinee performance will be followed by a post-show talkback with Le Bal's partner organization Project Onward. Enjoy the show and stay afterwards to learn about Project Onward's mission, and about the process of developing Le Bal.

Tonight's (6/11) performance is almost sold out!

Tickets: https://our.show/le-bal

Join us in three weeks at Trap Door for the final Sunday's Abroad reading of Season 32!UTOPIA TRIPWritten by Adam Ranđel...
06/07/2026

Join us in three weeks at Trap Door for the final Sunday's Abroad reading of Season 32!

UTOPIA TRIP
Written by Adam Ranđelović
Directed by Gary Damico
Sunday, June 28th at 3PM

This staged reading will be followed by a talk back with Resident Dramaturg Milan Pribisic.

Pay-What-You-Can tickets: https://our.show/sundays-abroad-utopia-trip

Painting: "Exposed Thoughts Running" by Michael Garvey

There are only three weeks left to see LE BAL at Trap Door!Don't miss out on the $20 tickets deal for this weekend only,...
06/04/2026

There are only three weeks left to see LE BAL at Trap Door!

Don't miss out on the $20 tickets deal for this weekend only, by using the code "SummerFun"

Tickets: https://our.show/le-bal

'The Pragmatists' is going on tour in New Jersey with the International Voices Theater Festival, representing Poland wit...
06/03/2026

'The Pragmatists' is going on tour in New Jersey with the International Voices Theater Festival, representing Poland with a performance on Saturday, June 13th at 7:30PM!
For our east coast friends, please join us at Jersey City Theater Center's Nimbus Arts Center in Jersey City, NJ to experience this unforgettable adaptation of Witkiewicz's first published play.

Featuring: Venice Averyheart, David Lovejoy, Hannah Silverman, Keith Surney,
Kevin Webb, James Wheeler, and Nicole Wiesner.

Tickets: https://wl.eventim.us/event/The-Pragmatists-presented-by-Trap-Door-Theatre-Poland-USA/687390?afflky=JerseyCityTheaterCenter

With Summer finally here, celebrate the warm weather with $20 tickets to this weekend's performances of Le BalUse the co...
06/02/2026

With Summer finally here, celebrate the warm weather with $20 tickets to this weekend's performances of Le Bal

Use the code SummerFun to get $20 tickets!

Tickets: https://our.show/le-bal

Not applicable on Thursday 2-for-1 tickets.

Closing out the Season 32 Sundays Abroad reading series:UTOPIA TRIPWritten by Adam RanđelovićDirected by Gary DamicoSund...
05/29/2026

Closing out the Season 32 Sundays Abroad reading series:

UTOPIA TRIP
Written by Adam Ranđelović
Directed by Gary Damico

Sunday, June 28th at 3PM

A quest for a true meaning of a search for utopia. Utopia Trip challenges conventional storytelling while exploring themes of identity, society, and the human desire to escape the absurd.

Pay-What-You-Can Tickets: https://our.show/sundays-abroad-utopia-trip

Painting: “Exposed Thoughts Running” by Michael Garvey

LE BAL returns tonight for another weekend of “A mesmerizing theatrical collage”Join us tonight for Thursday 2-for-1 tic...
05/28/2026

LE BAL returns tonight for another weekend of “A mesmerizing theatrical collage”

Join us tonight for Thursday 2-for-1 tickets!

Tickets: https://our.show/le-bal

Photos by Michal Janicki

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