Open-Door Playhouse is proud to announce the opening of SANTA'S SECRET.

Written by Fabiana Medici and directed by Bernadette Armstrong.  Starring Elaine Mello as the narrator and Gary Lee Reed as (Boy/Santa).

The Open-Door Playhouse is a 501c3 organization.  Its theater podcasts introduce and showcase new plays, new writers, and a wealth of unknown talent.  These podcast episodes are FREE to listen, and download, and your donations are greatly appreciated.

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Writer,  Fabiana Medici has 25+ years of experience as a writer, director, acting coach, and educator within the entertainment field. She began her career acting on the stage at the age of 14 in renowned theaters such as Teatro San Martin and Teatro Presidente Alvear in Buenos Aires, Teatro dell’ Opera, and Teatro Ghione in Rome, Henry Fonda theater, and Lillian Theater in Los Angeles, and toured various cities worldwide. Fabiana also studied and worked in the art of street performance throughout Europe. She has trained both novice students and professionals alike. Fabiana has extensive experience working with children and adults from different cultural and social backgrounds including those with special abilities and needs. Fabiana has taught children in several schools in Los Angeles, such as the Westside Waldorf School, The Realm, and Star Prep Academy among other schools worldwide. She has studied extensively including Method Acting, Stanislavski and Grotowski techniques, jazz dance, yoga, acrobatics, clown, Waldorf education, Reggio Emilia approach, nonviolent communication education for children/teenagers, and healing arts around the world. Fabiana loves to see her students shine and is devoted to guiding them to their highest potential with love and respect towards their artistic goals. Her coaching style embraces a holistic approach that reveals the “big picture” within and beyond any technique, focusing rather on leading the actor through a journey of self-discovery of their artistic uniqueness and voice. Fabiana emphasizes respect for the Art, the Artist, and the humanistic experience through a training full of wonderment and creativity.

Director, Bernadette Armstrong, 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.) Bernadette is also the producer and founder of Open Door Playhouse Podcast!

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