THEATER 4: The First Impression

Send us Fan MailABOUTHow a love story begins over an art show, a snowball fight, and coffee.DIRECTORBernadette Armstrong moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990’s 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).WRITERSuzanne Bronson A Master of Fine Arts graduate in May 2017 from New York University and recipient of the Tisch School of the Arts and the Jean Stein scholarships, Suzanne Bronson's black comedy, A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, was a 2018 semi-finalist for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. The play was also on the 2018 long-list for Theatre503's Playwriting Award.ACTORSMonique Gonsalves is thrilled to perform in her first podcast play production with Open Door Playhouse. She holds a BA in Theater Arts with an Emphasis in Acting from the California State University of Fullerton. She has enjoyed success as a Children’s Theater Director for Town Hall Kids at the Town Hall Theater in Lafayette, CA. As well as her extensive experience as a costume character performer ranging from Princess Parties as Barbie and Cinderella to singing telegrams as Betty Boop and various events as a Marilyn Monroe Impersonator. Whitton Frank Whitton Frank is an actress and producer, known for Murder in the First (2014), Amnesia: Who Are You? (2014) and Will the Real Princess Merida Please Stand Up? (2012).SOUND PRODUCTIONMercury Sound Studios Recorded and Mixed by Paul Ratajczak and Hall CantrellSOUND EFFECTSRyan MarshSOUND EDITORHall CantrellMUSICAudio JungleSupport the showFounded 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://open...