Open-Door Playhouse Debuts EGGS This Month

Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form. Its upcoming play Eggs will debut on October 17, 2023 online at Click Here.

During the pandemic lockdown, an isolated career woman decides to freeze her eggs. She wants to plan for whatever contingency the future holds.

Bernadette Armstrong directs. Kim Hlavac stars.

Julia Stier is the playwright. A graduate of USC, her play Last Night in Town was produced in New York. She is a critic for Stage Raw and produced its podcast series, Stages of Our City. She is the creator of the blog Players, Performers and Portrayers. Julia is also an actor and has appeared frequently on Los Angeles stages.

Eggs is a selection in Open-Door Playhouse's 2nd Annual Celebration of Women in Theatre.

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://opendoorplayhouse.org