Core of the PUDEL

We are really excited to be making our next show with Walkabout Theatre for Steppenwolf Garage Rep!

http://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/New-Colony-Prologue-Walkabout-Set-for-Steppenwolfs-2014-Garage-Rep-Season-20130827

New Colony, Prologue, & Walkabout Set for Steppenwolf's 2014 Garage Rep Season Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the three Chicago companies selected for the fifth annual Garage Rep: The New Colony, Prologue Theatre Company and Walkabout Theater Company. These innovative storefront companies present three productions in rotating repertory for a ten-week run Fe...

Really happening!

We are beyond thrilled to announce the ridiculously talented and immensely handsome Thom Pasculli as the new Associate Artistic Director of Walkabout. Check out his face and bio below.

A theater-maker based in Chicago, Thom is currently the director of an ensemble that creates original work rooted in a laboratory theatre process. The ensemble’s recent project, Core of the PUDEL, was created in residence at Links Hall with performances at Trap Door Theatre. The group is now working with Walkabout to create its next project, The WILD. Thom is also the artistic director of Vox Theater, where he created a festival of innovative works-in-progress at Dartmouth College. Prior to coming to Chicago Thom trained and performed with Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts and the Odin Teatre in Denmark. Other performance credits include the Moscow Arts School Studio in Russia, the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the Hilton Arts Festival in South Africa. Thom currently teaches movement at UIC’s School of Theatre & Music. Thom can be seen in Trap Door Theatre's upcoming production of The Balcony opening Sept 5.

It's happening...

Walkabout is proud to welcome Kendra Miller as our new Artistic Director. You can be certain that her amazing hair was a factor in the decision making.

Kendra Miller (Artistic Director) makes theater in Chicago. She is the Artistic Director of Walkabout Theatre Company, where she will be devising, dramaturging, and performing in their next piece THE WILD. Most recently she devised, dramaturged, and performed in Core of the PUDEL at Trap Door Theatre, and co-directed Thine for Walkabout with Thom Pasculli. She has directed, dramaturged, devised, assisted, and worked with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, Nothing Without a Company, Jackalope Theatre, Redmoon, Walkabout Theatre Company, and others. She is a graduate of UC San Diego.

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Photos by Michal Janicki

Join us for one of our summer open training sessions! Tomorrow morning, Sunday July 21st we'll be at Winnemac Park near the corner of Damen Ave. and Argyle from 8am-11am. We'll do some yoga, tumbling, and partner work. Bring comfortable clothes, some water and some sunscreen if you like. $5 to participate. Hope to see you there!

taken by Joanna Iwanicka

Only two weeks left!! Have you seen the show yet? Have your friends seen the show yet?? Share the word and let your friends know there are only seven performances left!!

3 hours til curtain, 8 ensemble actors, 4 semi-ripe pears, 50 minutes, and 9 more chances to see all of the above at Trap Door Theatre ...counting down...tickets still available for tonight!

3 stars from the Tribune - "The performers scramble up the rear wall, tumble over one another's backs and entwine limbs in combinations both grotesque and poetic as they turn the scholar's unholy deal into a dance of spiritual death."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ott-0503-on-the-fringe-20130502,0,2147680.story

Dazzling images bring Faust legend to life in 'Core of Pudel'; absorbing 'Comrades Mine' "Core of the Pudel"

We're Reader Recommended and we're baaaaack tonight! Shows at 8pm tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday night! Tickets are 2-for-1 tonight - get 'em while they last!

photo by our lovely set designer Joanna Iwanicka

legit.

"Just because I recommend Trap Door's latest production doesn't mean that I understand it."

http://www.stageandcinema.com/2013/04/26/core-of-the-pudel-trap-door/

Chicago Theater Review: CORE OF THE PUDEL (Trap Door Theatre) Just because I recommend Trap Door’s latest production doesn’t mean that I understand it. Core of the PUDEL (pronounced “poodle”) is an Avant Garde/Experimental/Movement Theater production conceived and directed by Thom Pasculli, who draws from Goethe’s Faust to present a one-hour rendering that is…