Open-Door Playhouse
Open-Door Playhouse is a monthly podcast harking back to live radio theater broadcasts. Created to introduce New Plays, New Writers, and… a wealth of unknown talent. Giving them the opportunity to have their works created in sound studios as opposed to live stage productions and presented on the Podcast as “Radio Productions.” Play submissions will be solicited online, outreach centers and word of mouth. Broadcasts will be once a month (to start) and grow as demand requires. Long term goal is to reach out to undeserved writing communities: prisons, school and community groups to provide an avenue to have their voices heard, via plays, short stories or poetry, and to establish Podcast as its own 501c3 organization.To submit your play contact:open-doorplayhouse@gmail.com
Episodes
Alycia and Tyler meet on a flight from Houston to Los Angeles. As they experience extensive turbulence along the way, they distract themselves by sharing intimate secrets with each other.
Bernadette Armstrong directs Christine Uhebe as Alycia and David Phurdham as Tyler.
Linda Shayne is the playwright. She graduated from UC Berkeley, worked in mental hospitals and published articles about San Quentin St...
In this moving Christmas drama, a man endeavoring to visit his aunt in a retirement home is mistaken for a priest. He finds himself providing soothing, spiritual comfort to a woman in hospice care.
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Goreti da Silva as Mary, Gary B. Lamb as Evan, Gloria Tsai as Millie, and Noelle Evangelisti as Nurse June Allen.
Glen Sharpe is the playwright. Glen was born in Toront...
An elderly, grieving widower, with the help of a friend, searches for an image of his late wife in The Cloud so he can sing his beloved a Heavenly Merry Christmas greeting.
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Christine Uhebe as Sandra and Daamen Krall as Harry.
S.J. Roth is the playwright. Based in Santa Monica, he received an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. His previous plays include Sutton, Ben and Aug...
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. After Jack rescues an Old Man in distress, Jack finds he now has the ability to instantly manifest anything he wishes. Sounds great? Well, it’s not so simple.
Gary B. Lamb directs a cast that includes Michael Fletcher as Jack, Caitlin Bell as Laura, Annette Homewood as Sally, and Dennis Gersten as the Old Man.
Gary B. Lamb is the playwright. He trained at L.A. ...
Theater #183: Poetry on the Menu Poetry on the Menu
In January 1967, writer/participatory journalist George Plimpton dreamed up a publicity stunt for heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. He arranged for him to meet Marianne Moore, decorated American poetess – a showman who creates doggerel rhymes, together with one of the finest true poets in the history of the English language. The pair couldn’t be more opposite – He a...
A mysterious witch arrives at a suburban Halloween party with cupcakes and a purpose: collecting human fears. As guests fall under her spell, two friends must uncover her secret and stop her.
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Camille Ameen as Cyber Witch, Jon Paul Burkhart as Jax, and Goreti da Silva as Lana.
Jessica Gale is the playwright.
Jessica Gale (pen name) is a web content creator and writer based in...
The play centers on a Times Square tarot and palm reading storefront run by a married pair of grifters. Everything changes when a wealthy and mysterious new client appears.
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Camille Ameen as Mary, Matt Foyer as Dave and as a flyer distributor, Noelle Evangelista as The Mark, and Allen Wasserman as Happ.
Cameron Scott is a Connecticut-based playwright who ...
Pat and Robin meet at a dance and then head to Pat’s basement apartment. They start watching a televised broadcast of the classic film Dracula. One of them is terrified by the film. The other counsels, “There’s no such thing as vampires.” That’s right…..Isn’t it?
Kim Hlavac directs Ann Noble and Rob Nagle.
John Cimics, a writer based in Midland, Texas, is the playwright.
Founded by playwright...
For reasons he can't explain, Stephen feels compelled to enter a sketchy-looking tattoo parlor that any reasonable person would avoid altogether. Once inside, he encounters a peculiar old woman, who Stephen enlists to become the artist of his baptismal ink job. At the first prick of the needle, Stephen decides to make a move for the door, but the old woman bars his way with a terrifying
plan in store.
Miranda Ste...
Do citizens have the right to judge elected leaders on personal morals? An idealistic voter lost faith in a political candidate and is demanding that he return the contribution she made to his campaign. A man with ties to the candidate appears at her door, offering her money if she will "back off." Can her values stand up to the test?
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Rosemary Thomas as Agnes ...
Allison and Mark have been best friends since grade school. Now, they’re fortyish. Allison is a married suburban mom with three kids. Mark is single and gay. Allison has a lifelong fear of the dark. Just what happens when it’s Lights Out?
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Cynthia Gravinese Brown as Allison, Matthew Scott Montgomery as Mark, and Noelle Evangelisti as The Nurse.
Michael A....
Matt and Lisa always seem to have plenty of money. Neither one of them has jobs. This perplexes and vexes their friends Erin and Tom.
Miranda Stewart directs a cast that includes Michael Fletcher as Matt, Caitlin Bell as Lisa, Brittany Vallely as Erin, and Jaime Pla as Tom.
Kevin B is the playwright. His recent play, The Jelly Bean, was a selection at the Pittsburgh New Works Festival. His other plays i...
A wealthy couple is having dinner. They had invited two other couples to join them but the guests left after some sort of disagreement. What was it all about?
Rachel Berney Needleman directs Goreti da Silva as Louise and David Trice as Walter.
Rosemary FrisinoToohey is the playwright. A married mother of four, she resides in Baltimore. Her plays have received over 280 productions, domestically and inter...
A man gets the surprise of his life when he calls the Suicide Hotline.
Rachel Berney Needleman directs a cast that includes Noelle Evangelisti as Anita and Matt Foyer as Charlie.
Richard Fouts is the playwright. His previous plays include Running Mate, The Birthday Lottery, My Afternoon with Lenny, Summer Me, Winter Me, Family Secrets, and Dead Serious.
Founded by playwright and filmmaker...
A soap opera addict gets some much-needed advice from a TV spokesman.
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Zelda Kimble as Beverly, Camille Ameen as Delilah, and Kevin Carr as Todd-Brentley and The Announcer.
Lori Londagin is the playwright. Her previous plays include Lockout, Scale, Chipotle, and First Rodeo. Her plays have been performed in Washington, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, and California...
After their father’s funeral, adult siblings Sam and Grace, each somewhat embittered in their own way, discover that they had wildly divergent experiences while growing up.
Yunyi Zhu directs a cast that includes Christine Uhebe as Grace and Gerald James as Sam.
Amber Patterson is the playwright. This is her first play. She is also an actor.
Founded by playwright and filmmaker Bernadette A...
In this comedy, a generation gap is explored between a senior customer at a marijuana dispensary and the young dude running the place.
Gary Lamb directs a cast that includes Joyce Hananel as Susan and Justice Davis as Tommy.
Romney Humphrey is the playwright. An award-winning screenwriter, she is a former media writer and producer. Her many plays include Best Friends, Holidays, Dogs & Nuts, The Visi...
In 2064, Bruce Koinstra, an 85-year-old history professor, passes away in a moon colony senior housing complex. Following his memorial service, his husband of thirty years, Kirby, along with his forty-year old daughter Septima; and teen grandson Plurial gather at Bruce's Midwest Victorian home. They await the reading of Bruce's will and the demolition crew scheduled to raze the house. Reflecting on Bruce's...
Buttercup is a detective in the big city. A woman has been abandoned by her husband, who has absconded with their funds. All the woman has left is a statue of a duck. She’s hiring Buttercup to locate her husband (and her money). But Buttercup is finding that the duck comes with strings attached.
Rachel Berney Needleman directs a cast that includes Maureen Davis as Buttercup, Annette Homewood as the Wife, Nathan Smythe as ...
Set in the Winslow home in 1935, a wife and mother of five is pregnant again, but she is keenly aware that something is very wrong with this pregnancy.
Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Ayla Rose Barreau as Mary, Gilbert Glenn Brown as James, Omari Williams as Doctor #1, and David Purdham as Doctor #2.
Melissa May Curtis is the playwright. Her play The Deal was warmly received at the 202...
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