THEATER 6: Bar Belle

Send us Fan MailABOUT: This short play addresses the partnership of two women and how that relationship is affected by events in a bar.WRITER: Janis Butler Holm Janice has served as Associate Editor for _Wide Angle_, the film journal. Her prose, poems, and performance pieces have appeared in small-press, national, and international magazines. Her plays have been produced in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.DIRECTOR:  Dennis GerstenDennis is co-artistic director of Theatre Unlimited in the Noho Arts District in L.A. He is a founding member of the Michael Chekhov Studio in L.A., and Stagewrights, Inc. in NYC, as well as a teaching artist with Inside Out Community Arts/P.S.Arts. He has directed and performed in many original and classic works, garnering multiple awards.ACTORSLily Rains  - As RoLily Rains is an actor, director, and creative consultant currently recurring on TNT’s “Animal Kingdom” and recently featured in InterAct Theatre Company’s “Just Another Birthday in Bedlam,” for the Together LA Theatre Festival. Many thanks to Dennis Gersten for my narrative podcast debut. Stephanie Michels - As  Bree  Stephanie is an NYU graduated and originated roles in two Tony Award-winning Broadway shows The Life and Contact.Film credits:  The Producers, Cop Dog, Acts of Violence, and The Bellman.  TV credits:  NCIS, CSI Cyber, CSI, Law & Order, and many more.  Here in LA, she is a member of The Road Theatre, where she was in Lake Anne, Petoskey Stones, and most recently via zoom in All The Good in the World at SPF11.   Stephanie has also produced and starred in the award-winning short film WALK and the West  Coast premiere of the play Slow Food.  During these last few months, she has been seen directing and starring in productions at BGB Presents.Goreti Da Silva - As MadgeGoreti da Silva has had the pleasure of working on several of Bernadette Armstrong’s plays: Dark Stage, Unheard Voices, Simple Lives and Joan. Goreti has won The Michael Grossman Most Inspirational Award for her work in the Desert, and the Valley Theatre Award for for her work in “Park Plays: Portland”.Support 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...