THEATER 126: PART 1 - Whitesville

Open-Door Playhouse

A white police captain, his white wife, and their two adopted Black teen children try to keep their family from being torn apart as their town and the nation become engulfed in protests in the immediate aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.
Open-Door Playhouse continues to present plays in podcast form. Whitesville is a full-length, three-act play. Each act will be presented in a separate podcast episode online. Act One will debut on February 13, 2024, Act Two on February 14, and Act Three on February 15 at http://opendoorplayhouse.org All three acts will continue to be available on the website.

We are honoring the month of Black History with 3 powerful plays - one about the Flint Michigan water disaster (Un)Drinkable, Feb. 7th, one about the murder of George Floyd, Whitesville, presented in 3 parts, Feb. 13th, 14th, and 15th and Beethoven and Misfortune Cookies, February 28th- one about a professor who lost his position at the University of Arkansas - or is it Alabama?) after a white female student complained about his 'photo presentation' as he explained the meaning of Strange Fruit, sung by Billie Holiday.....
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. In 2023, the play What's Prison Like was nominated for a Webby Award in the Crime & Justice Category.

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