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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

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THEATER 163: The Little Match Girl Isn't Going to Die

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2025/04/02

Send us a text The classic tale of The Little Matchstick Girl is beloved, but also...depressing? That's why the protagonist has decided to take matters into her own hands. Can she avoid her tragic fate without derailing her entire story? A comedy about rewriting your own narrative. Bernadette Armstrong directs Gloria Tsai as The Little Match Girl, Matthew Scott Montgomery as The Duke, and Matt Foyer as The Narrator. Kevin B. is the playwright. His most recent play, The Jelly ...

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THEATER 162: Brother Emmanuel's Excellent Idea

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2025/03/19

Send us a text Support the show Founded by playwright and filmmaker Bernadette Armstrong, Open-Door Playhouse is a Theater Podcast- like the radio dramas of the 1940s and 1950s. The Playhouse launched on September 15, 2020. At the time, Open-Door Playhouse provided Playwrights, Actors and Directors a creative outlet during the shutdown. Since its inception. Open-Door Playhouse has presented Short and One-Act plays from Playwrights across the country and internationally. In 2021 Open-Door Play...

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THEATER 161: Remembrance

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2025/03/05

Send us a text After the death of his father, a grief-stricken Hamlet is plagued by psychotic delusions making him think several others have died and that he is at fault. He finds comfort in an unexpected source: the dearly not departed Ophelia. Rachel Berney Needleman directs Kim Hlavac as Ophelia and Omari Williams as Hamlet. Allie Costa is the playwright. Remarkably prolific, her many, many plays include Two Girls, Rise Up, Boxes Are Magic, This Used to Be My Playground, Mindstream,...

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THEATER 160: Speed Dating

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2025/02/26

Send us a text Two senior citizens, both windowed, meet at a senior citizen event at a Holiday Inn conference room. They engage in humorous banter and then discuss their former spouses, each deeply affected by their loss. Bernadette Armstrong directs Gary Lamb as Jesse and Camille Ameen as Sara. Curt Strickland is a playwright who recently received a masters degree in playwriting from Lesley University’s graduate program. Inspired by August Wilson, Curt is finishing up his 5th play in ...

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THEATER 159: Together

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2025/02/12

Send us a text Coming appropriately shortly before Valentine’s Day Together chronicles the entire timeline of a love story of two people who were meant for each other. There will be evidence of their love for years to come. Sue Gisser directs David Andrew Calvillo as Kyle and Leah Jarvik as Lauren. Playwright Michael Sams is an established playwright in his native Australia. His previous plays include Hunters and The Specialists. He is also an actor. He received his Master’s Degree from Mac...

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THEATER 157: Bereavement Days

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2025/01/08

Send us a textThe inevitable part of life, losing someone we love. How much time off from work is fair and just? What happens when the law dictates your allowable grieving time, what are your rights? Law vs human emotion. Which would you decide? Listen in to hear what transpires between an employee and her boss. Will sympathy prevail?"Kim Hlavac directs Goreti da Silva as Tara and Kim Hlavac as Beth.Matthew Moore is the playwright. With a career spanning over fifteen years, Moore has accumula...

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THEATER 156: The Christmas Cracker

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2024/12/04

Send us a textThree friends open Christmas crackers at a holiday party. Two contain the usual paper crowns and bad jokes. The third contains something that's absolutely terrifying.Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Noelle Evangelista, Matt Foyer,Cynthia Gravinese Brown, Kevin Carr, and Gilbert Glenn Brown.John Leslie is the playwright. He is a Los Angeles-based actor and writer. Hisacting credits include 19 seasons as the corrupt Senator Alfred Winston in Theater Forty's ...

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THEATER 155: The Fish and The Worm

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2024/11/28

Send us a textA worm tries to convince a fish to eat something else so that they don’t end up becoming a fisherman’s meal.Kim Hlavac directs Sue Gisser and Jeff S.S. Johnson.Matthew Moore is the playwright. With a career spanning over fifteen years, Moore has accumulated numerous awards for his work. Exceptionally prolific, Moore’s many previous plays include Bereavement Days, Superman and the Optometrist, 21 Forever, Misty’s Gifts, A Little Blue, The Standing Ovation, and more.Support the sh...

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THEATER 154: A Hill of Beans

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2024/11/26

Send us a textFoster and Jackson are trudging along in the desert on the hot sands, the sun beating down on them. Foster brags about his Texas chili, while Jackson praises his wife’s red beans and rice. How did the two of them end up in the desert in the first place?Gary Lamb directs Peter Bonoff and David Purdham.Robert Nersesian is the playwright. The Washington, D.C.-based writer is the recipient of an M.F.A. in Drama from Yale. He is the former Managing Director of the Youth Theatre of Ne...

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THEATER 153: NO...?

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2024/11/20

Send us a textA man is haunted by his past when he tries to reunite with an old flame.Gary Lamb directs Elaine Mello as Liz and Michael Fletcher as John.Mark SaFranko is the playwright. The New Jersey-based writer is the author of fournovels and over fifty published short stories. His previous plays include The Bitch-Goddess, Incident in the Combat Zone, Interrogation #2, Raw Connections, The Promise, A Harry of Her Own, and Dancing for Men. He is also an actor.Support the showFounded by play...

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THEATER 152: Rise Up

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2024/11/14

Send us a textA young woman impulsively goes on a retreat----but it’s not exactly what she had inmind. Rachel Berney Needleman directs Tiana Randall-Quant as Killi and Gita Redd as Suna.Rachel Berney Needleman directs Tiana Randall-Quant as Killi and Gita Reddy as Suna.Allie Costa is the playwright. She is an actor, writer, director, and singer working in film, TV, theatre, and voiceover. Her credits include Spring Awakening, 90210, Alien vs. Musical, Future Shock, Slayers: A Buffyverse...

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THEATER 151: Two Girls

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2024/11/12

Support the showFounded by playwright and filmmaker Bernadette Armstrong, Open-Door Playhouse is a Theater Podcast- like the radio dramas of the 1940s and 1950s. The Playhouse launched on September 15, 2020. At the time, Open-Door Playhouse provided Playwrights, Actors and Directors a creative outlet during the shutdown. Since its inception. Open-Door Playhouse has presented Short and One-Act plays from Playwrights across the country and internationally. In 2021 Open-Door Playhouse received a...

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THEATER 150: Joan

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2024/11/06

Legendary actress, Joan Crawford awakes to finds herself in the Afterlife Bardo. As she adjusts to the fact that she has died she reflects on the ups and downs of her life and those that she left behind. All the while interacting with two guardians who will assist her transition into the universe that awaits her.Bernadette Armstrong directs Goreti da Silva as Joan, Crawford, Gloria Tsai as Thana, and David Trice as Newsie. Bernadette Armstrong is also the playwright. The founder of Open Door ...

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THEATER 149: Brody and The Dark & Stormy Night

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2024/10/31

October 31 is, of course, Halloween, and Brody and the Dark and Stormy Night iscertainly appropriate for the season.Brody has recently had his heart broken. He goes to a Halloween party and sees his ex with a new boyfriend. Brody steps onto a balcony where he is ultimately joined by a stranger who takes an interest in him. Perhaps Brody’s luck is about to change. However, it is Halloween…, Miranda Stewart directs Matthew Scott Montgomery as Brody and David Andrew Calvillo as the Stranger.Mont...

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THEATER 148: Monsters Anonymous

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2024/10/23

October is, of course, the month of Halloween, and Monsters Anonymous is certainly appropriate for the season.Dracula wants to be a better monster and feels guilty for his past killings. Determined to stop, he struggles with his addiction to human blood, despite being able to survive on animal blood. He joins Monsters Anonymous (MA), posing as an alcoholic, and meets other monsters with unique addictions: Gaywolf, obsessed with bulking up; Frankenstein, addicted to plastic surgery; and Ghost ...

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THEATER 147: Face Dancers

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2024/10/16

October is, of course, the month of Halloween, and Face Dancers is certainly appropriate for the season.Suzy is trying to get home but is being pursued by a threatening, nameless creature as she runs down the street. She begs entry at one house and finds refuge for the moment as a schoolmate and his grandfather take her in. But the night is still young, and dawn is hours away. Will Suzy be safe, or will unimaginable terrors lie in wait for her?Yunyi Zhu directs Daamen Krall, JayCee Porter, an...

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THEATER 146: What's Behind Door Number 2?

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2024/10/09

Denise and Matt believe they are the legal owners of the contents of an abandoned storage unit. Then along comes a big dude who begs to differ with their appraisal of their circumstances. Sometimes you just can’t make a deal.Kim Hlavac directs herself, Jeff LeBeau, and Keith Barber. Kim is also the playwright. A frequent contributor to Open-Door Playhouse as an actor,director, and writer, she graduated from the famed high School of Performing Arts and then attained her BFA from SUNY/Purchase....

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Theater 145: All Souls Night

Open-Door Playhouse ·

2024/10/02

On a dark and stormy night, a distraught young woman seeks the aid of a doctor to release her from the thrall of a deadly entity changing her into….something else. But her immortal Master has yet another, more powerful, unholy being under his control. What can the doctor do?Bernadette Armstrong directs Allan Wasserman, Elaine Mello, and Daaman Krall.Simon Bowler Khan is the playwright. He’s written a number of historical dramasincluding a pair of plays about Christopher Marlowe, The Inquisito...

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THEATER 144: The Suitcase

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2024/09/25

“The Suitcase involves a married couple coming to a major decision about their life together. It has a serious theme with a surprise ending that no one sees coming.”Miranda Stewart directs actors Anne Cooper and David Purdham.Stuart Brown is the playwright. A prolific author of short plays, his works have been presented in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Texas, and Connecticut. He is the President of the Connecticut Critics Circle. He runs the online 24/7 Broadway radio station Sound...

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THEATER 143: Chess Master

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2024/09/18

Set in 1863, just after the Emancipation Proclamation, Chess Master tells the story of a confrontation between a defiant plantation owner and a newly freed slave. The owner, desperately clinging to the old order, attempts to coerce his former servant into staying on as an unpaid laborer---a potent allegory for the continuing struggle to create a truly free society.The cast includes Tim Powell, Tazz Yancey, and Dennis Gersten.. Gersten directs.Braddon Mendelson is the playwright. His full-leng...

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