The Marshmallow Connection at Open-Door Playhouse

Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form. The Playhouse is

presenting a new play, The Marshmallow Connection starting April 15, 2026 online at

http://opendoorplayhouse.org

A yearslong battle that involved a notorious baseball manager, a marshmallow salesman and a few swinging punches comes to a resolution at a dive bar in Pennsylvania.

Mimi Kmet directs a cast that includes Matt Foyer as Daniel, Goreti da Silva as Barb, Kenajuan Bentley as Pete, and Gary Lamb as the Cop.

Judith Isacoff is the playwright. She is the author of the books Adventures in Tuscany and Working Girl’s Guide to Hong Kong, as well as several short plays, including Vietnam Wives. She is a graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia.

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. Bernadette Armstrong won the Best Director Award for (Un)Drinkable at the 2026 30 Minutes or Less Festival.

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

Open-Door Playhouse: Selected as one of the Top 50 Audio Drama Podcasts by

FeedSpot, and as one of the Top 100 Audio Drama Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.

Open-Door Playhouse receives submissions from Canada, France, Greece, Australia, and

the Czech Republic as well as the United States.