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 reach out to undeserved writing communities: prisons, school and community groups to provide an avenue to have their voices heard, via plays, short stories or poetry, and to establish Podcast as its own 501c3 organization.To submit your play contact:open-doorplayhouse@gmail.com
Episodes
191 episodes
THEATER 183: Poetry On The Menu
Theater #183: Poetry on the Menu Poetry on the Menu In January 1967, writer/participatory journalist George Plimpton dreamed up a publicity stunt for heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. He arranged for him to meet Marianne...
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THEATER 183: Cyber Witch
A mysterious witch arrives at a suburban Halloween party with cupcakes and a purpose: collecting human fears. As guests fall under her spell, two friends must uncover her secret and stop her.Bernadette Armstrong directs a...
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THEATER 182: The Fortune Takers
The play centers on a Times Square tarot and palm reading storefront run by a married pair of grifters. Everything changes when a wealthy and mysterious new client appears.Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that ...
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THEATER 181: There's No Such Thing As Vampires
Pat and Robin meet at a dance and then head to Pat’s basement apartment. They start watching a televised broadcast of the classic film Dracula. One of them is terrified by the film. The other counsels, “There’s no such thing as vampires.” T...
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THEATER 180: TATTOO A Tale of Terror
For reasons he can't explain, Stephen feels compelled to enter a sketchy-looking tattoo parlor that any reasonable person would avoid altogether. Once inside, he encounters a peculiar old woman, who Stephen enlists to become the artist of h...
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Agnes’s Little War
Do citizens have the right to judge elected leaders on personal morals? An idealistic voter lost faith in a political candidate and is demanding that he return the contribution she made to his campaign. A man with ties to the candidate a...
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THEATER 178: Lights Out
Allison and Mark have been best friends since grade school. Now, they’re fortyish. Allison is a married suburban mom with three kids. Mark is single and gay. Allison has a lifelong fear of the dark. Just what happens when it’s Lights Out?
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THEATER 177: Friendly Unemployment
Matt and Lisa always seem to have plenty of money. Neither one of them has jobs. This perplexes and vexes their friends Erin and Tom.Miranda Stewart directs a cast that includes Michael Fletcher as Matt, Caitli...
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THEATER 176: Tilapia
A wealthy couple is having dinner. They had invited two other couples to join them but the guests left after some sort of disagreement. What was it all about?Rachel Berney Needleman directs Goreti da Silva as Loui...
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THEATER 175: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
A man gets the surprise of his life when he calls the Suicide Hotline.Rachel Berney Needleman directs a cast that includes Noelle Evangelisti as Anita and Matt Foyer as Charlie.Richard Fouts ...
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THEATER 174 - 72 Hour Energy
A soap opera addict gets some much-needed advice from a TV spokesman.Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Zelda Kimble as Beverly, Camille Ameen as Delilah, and Kevin Carr as Todd-Brentle...
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THEATER 173: After The Funeral
After their father’s funeral, adult siblings Sam and Grace, each somewhat embittered in their own way, discover that they had wildly divergent experiences while growing up.Yunyi Zhu directs a cast that includes Christ...
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THEATER 172: The Weed Store
In this comedy, a generation gap is explored between a senior customer at a marijuana dispensary and the young dude running the place.Gary Lamb directs a cast that includes Joyce Hananel as Susan and Justice D...
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THEATER 171: 2064: A GAYS ODD-ESSY
In 2064, Bruce Koinstra, an 85-year-old history professor, passes away in a moon colony senior housing complex. Following his memorial service, his husband of thirty years, Kirby, along with his forty-year old daughter Septima; and teen gra...
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THEATER 170: Buttercup and The Case of The Ruptured Duck
Buttercup is a detective in the big city. A woman has been abandoned by her husband, who has absconded with their funds. All the woman has left is a statue of a duck. She’s hiring Buttercup to locate her husband (and her money). But Butterc...
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THEATER 169: A Woman's Worth
Set in the Winslow home in 1935, a wife and mother of five is pregnant again, but she is keenly aware that something is very wrong with this pregnancy.Bernadette Armstrong directs a cast that includes Ayla Rose Barrea...
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THEATER 168: Small Cat Negotiable
Looking for a new apartment together is a great way to get to know somebody and their existential despair.Bernadette Armstrong directs Kim Hlavac as Kathleen, Michael Fletcher as Jeremy, and Barika Phill...
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THEATER 167: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best...?
A man is exceptionally devoted to his mother….much to the chagrin of his wife. No spoilers here, but a diamond is involved.Mimi Kmet directs Grey Gable, Ashley Taylor, and David Baer.Charles Simon<...
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THEATER 166 - Penny Slots Part 4: Ladies’ Visit to Vero Beach VA Hospital.,
This is the fourth in a series of audio comedies featuring the Penny Slots, a trio of mature ladies who somehow find themselves doing heroic deeds and saving the day when thrown into dangerous adventures.The three superh...
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THEATER 165: Jump or Fall
A desperate man and woman accidently choose the same bridge to bring their troubles to an end and realize they may have found what they’ve been missing in each other, but is it too little too late?Yunyi Zhu directs Chr...
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THEATER 164: The Note In The Wall
In Jerusalem, at the Western Wall, a traumatized Israeli soldier gets into a debate with a rabbi about prayer notes stuck into cracks in the Wall, while nearby air raid sirens wail a warning.Bernadette Armstrong directs <...
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THEATER 163: The Little Match Girl Isn't Going to Die
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 ab...
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