Theater 47: HANDS FROM THE FIRE
Writer
Cris Eli Blak
Cris Eli Blak, an award-winning and international producer, and playwright, has produced, performed, and published works from around the world. He continues to create works that reflect the world that we live in with all of its different and diverse colors, creeds, and cultures.
Cris Eli Blak
Director
Bernadette Armstrong
Bernadette moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990s 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.) Bernadette is also the producer and founder of Open Door Playhouse Podcast!
Bernadette Armstrong
Cast:
Monique Gonsalves as Carmen
Monique 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. After many years of moving across America and living and loving in some of its greatest cities like Chicago and New York- she is happy to be back on the best coast ardently pursuing the dream in Hollywoodland.
Monique Gonsalves
Justice Davis
Justice Davis is a proud graduate of North Carolina Central University and is very thankful to be working with Bernadette for the first time. He is thrilled for you to hear this play and hope that you enjoy it.
Justice Davis
Sound Production:
Oak House Recording Studio in Pasadena, CA with Sound Engineer David Peters.
Recorded and Mixed by David Peters
Sound Editor: David Peters
