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The title says it all, good friends Annie and Frannie go to the mall to spend time together and chat about their lives, loves, and everything in between.

Writer: Don Goodrum

A stage veteran of almost 50 years, Don Goodrum was born in Tennessee

and raised in Mississippi, where he got his first taste of the spotlight as The

King of the Calendar in his second-grade play. Don moved onto the church

play circuit and managed to turn a Best Actor win in a One Act Play Festival

into a theatre scholarship to Mississippi College. At MC, Don began writing in

earnest and saw several of his plays produced. After college, Don wound up

on the radio, a career choice that kept sharpening his comedic and writing

skills for the next 25 years. Don retired from radio in 2006 and began teaching

high school theatre and writing once again. He has seen productions of many

of his plays throughout the US and hopes to see many more. He is retired and

lives in Florida where he is surrounded by his three grown daughters, three

granddaughters, a grandson, various sons-in-law, and the (assumed)

adoration of millions.

Director: Bernadette Armstrong
Bernadette moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990s 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).

Cast:

Joanne McGee as Annie

Joanne McGee has been a professional actor since 1977 and has work in Union and Non-Union theaters around the country includingThe Florida Rep., Utah Shakespeare Festival, Nevada Shakespeare in the Park, Detroit Rep., and Sonora Rep. To name a few. She’s been seen in Jag, General Hospital, America’s Most Wanted, West Wing, and others. She finally had a dream come true and performed at the Mark Taper Forum as, Sladjana, in the world premiere of, Archduke, with Center

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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.

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