NEWS
Galileo
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Charles Laughton
Directed by Max Truax
May 8–June 14, 2025
Runs: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Admission: $31, with two for one admission on Thursdays.
Where: Trap Door Theatre is located at 1655 W. Cortland St.
Galileo is a humanizing and compelling portrait of the great scientist, torn between his scientific principles and his desire for the comfortable life that compliance with authority affords. Known as one of Brecht’s great masterpieces, Galileo examines scientific morality and a scientist’s ethical responsibility when he must choose between his life and his research while being confronted by the Inquisition.
Resident Director Max Traux returns to Trap Door to tackle another favorite Brecht piece, after last year’s box office hit Mother Courage and her Children.
