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In the short play Escape from Cottage Woods, Macie, 94, is a longtime resident of a
retirement community in a bucolic setting in North Carolina. Lily, her daughter, believes that
Macie is being overmedicated into a compliant, zombified state by the establishment’s staff.
Macie and Lily have some unresolved mother-daughter issues.

This short play is being presented by Open-Door Playhouse., a podcast created to
introduce new plays, new writers, and a wealth of unknown talent. Founded by playwright and filmmaker Bernadette Armstrong, Open-Door Playhouse brings plays to the airwaves, in
response to the fact that many small theatres have been shuttered all over the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving playwrights with nowhere to produce their plays. Open-Door
Playhouse supports new and emerging writers. Since its inception, Open-Door Playhouse has
presented 63 new short plays, with no limit in sight.

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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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