About.

Bernadette 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).

Recognizing the impact the pandemic was having on small theater, Bernadette put her creative and problem-solving efforts into finding a way to get her play out into the public. She searched the web for other venues, and while there are a few Theater podcasts currently on the airwaves however they required the one thing Bernadette doesn’t have, an Agent.

Then, thinking about all the other playwrights out in the Universe who didn’t have representation, she thought she would invite them to present their works alongside here. Thus, became the formatting of Open-Door Playhouse.