BONUS: Shorts But Sweet

Open-Door Playhouse

SHORTS (BUT SWEET) presents five ridiculous slice-of-life comedy sketches…if your life involves a hotline for writer’s block, childish boyfriends, movie weddings that go haywire, and randy old ladies.

Rock and Roll Radio Theater presents SHORTS (BUT SWEET) Starring:
Richard Malmos directs Paul Preston, Susan Huckle, Mischelle Massie, Amy Engelhardt, and Ramone Hamilton.
The SAG-AFTRA /WGA strikes have hurt thousands of actors, writers, composers, recording engineers, editors, and crew. Creatives in our entertainment community cannot pay rent, buy food, or keep health insurance.

Rock and Roll Radio Theatre, has partnered with Nonprofit Open-Door Playhouse to produce a radio play series, sanctioned by SAG-AFTRA, that does not cross the picket line. We have hired those actors, writers, composers, recording engineers, editors, and crew-- all of whom have spent years perfecting their craft, and who want to be able to do it again for a fair wage.

As of November, the strike is nearing 200 days. Even when the strike is over, the recovery process will continue. Our SAG-AFTRA Micropodcast Contract can put some money in pockets of creatives while they do what they were trained to do.

SHURE INCORPORATED -- the gold standard for audio equipment for artists and venues worldwide, contributed $10,000 worth of microphones, and Fred's 62 of Los Feliz and Sharky's of Studio City donated meals. Still, the majority of the funding came from private donors -- like you!

Thank you - and enjoy the shows! If you like what you hear, please give a little more by pressing the "SUPPORT PODCAST" button! Your donations are tax-deductible!

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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://opend...