Open-Door Playhouse
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October 07, 2020 6:00am
9m
ABOUT
It’s only an item of clothing…but when Robert seems fascinated by it, storm clouds loom between him and his partner, Greg.
DIRECTOR
Bernadette Armstrong moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990’s and after her first two films went to festivals she took a short hiatus from writing until she fell in love with small theater. Since 2008 she has had several successful theater projects produced in No Hollywood. Her play The Reading Group was named Pick of the Week by LA Weekly Magazine and in 2017 her play Simple Lives was nominated for Outstanding Writing of an Original Play or Musical by the Valley Theater Awards (the only woman nominated).
WRITER
Rosemary FrisinoToohey It was in 1998 that Rosemary completed her first full-length play, Gladys in Wonderland. She has written a number of comedies, many of which are one-act works. Included in these are plays featuring lobsters, cockroaches, fruit, and socks. Rosemary has also written a musical play, Judy And The General. She is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has worked in film and on TV, her projects include appearances on Home, Rocket Science, Rocky Balboa, The Wire, Veep, and House Of Cards among many others.
ACTORS
Brandon Lamberty has been acting for five years and also is a stand-up comic. You can see his work in comedic commercial spots all throughout the country. You can see him in the film "Chinese Speaking Vampires" which comes out this month!
Franco Machado was born in Caracas, Venezuela and moved to the United States at the age of 3. Franco has lived in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and now resides in Los Angeles. Since the age of 16, Franco has worked both in front and behind the camera, which has allowed him to explore and embrace different perspectives within his writing.
In 2019, he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Screenwriting and minor in Sociology from Chapman University’s Dodge College. Franco has had the opportunity to work with many well-known artists including Anthony Ramos, Leonardo DiCaprio, Francis F. Coppola, Rita Wilson, Jessy Terrero, Lil Peep, Lil Twist, and CD9. He’s directed two short films, Our Lives Matter (2017) and Be a Man (
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 Playhouse received a Communicator Award for Content for the Play Custody and in 2023 the play What’s Prison Like was nominated for a Webby Award in the Crime & Justice Category.
Plays are produced by Bernadette Armstrong, Sound Engineer is David Peters, sound effects are provided by Audio Jungle, and music from Karaoke Version. All plays are recorded at The Oak House Studio in Altadena, CA.
There’s no paywall at the Open-Door Playhouse site, so you could listen to everything for free. Open-Door Playhouse is a 501c3 non-profit organization, and if you would like to support performances of works by new and emerging playwrights, your donation will be gratefully accepted. Your tax-deductible donations help keep our plays on the Podcast Stage. We strive to bring our listeners thoughtful and surprising one-act plays and ten-minute shorts that showcase insightful and new perspectives of the world we share with others. To listen or to donate (or both), go to https://opend...
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