What's more confounding than time travel, multiversal shenanigans, and predestination paradoxes? Well, the darkness of the human heart, and the pain when the worst qualities in ourselves become the thing we're most attracted to in a toxic partner. Oh, and trying to write effective poetic drama is pretty darn confounding, too. Heidi Kraay, of course, is the kind of playwright who makes confounding things seem effortless, and TRAPDOOR is a gloriously theatrical delight.

The multiverse is fertile ground for drama, and Kraay uses it to its full potential in this psychological drama/sci-fi epic/extended chase sequence. A gateway between dimensions is only the starting point as Kraay creates a constantly shifting reality that offers glimpses of a bright future but just barely outpaces a troubled past. Fascinating, at times concreate and abstract, and engaging throughout, Trapdoor is a ride worth taking.

Such a clever and fresh idea. I haven’t read anything quite like this before, and it was a rapid, engaging read. It’s one of those plays where you’re genuinely fascinated to imagine how it would manifest onstage — the theatricality, the physicality, the dimensional shifts. I’m sure it would be a joy for actors and directors to dive into.