Open-Door Playhouse
THEATER 134: The Queen of Carbon
Lizzy is nine months pregnant and is due to give birth on Mother’s Day. Lizzy wants to
name the new baby Mildred, after trailblazing scientist Mildred Dresselhaus, who was known as The Queen of Carbon. Lizzy’s husband Danny has other ideas.
Rachel Berney Needleman directs Gloria Tsai and Felipe Figueroa.
Bara Swain is the playwright. The exceptionally prolific Greenwich Village-based writer
has created numerous plays for both adult and juvenile audiences. There have been over 80 live productions and over 50 virtual productions of her works, garnering over 70 honors/awards.
Because the American holiday of Mother’s Day occurs during May, Open-Door
Playhouse will be saluting mothers with an entire slate of plays opening during the month of May in which mothers figure prominently.
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.
Lizzy is nine months pregnant and is due to give birth on Mother’s Day. Lizzy wants to
name the new baby Mildred, after trailblazing scientist Mildred Dresselhaus, who was known as The Queen of Carbon. Lizzy’s husband Danny has other ideas.
Rachel Berney Needleman directs Gloria Tsai and Felipe Figueroa.
Bara Swain is the playwright. The exceptionally prolific Greenwich Village-based writer
has created numerous plays for both adult and juvenile audiences. There have been over 80 live productions and over 50 virtual productions of her works, garnering over 70 honors/awards.
Because the American holiday of Mother’s Day occurs during May, Open-Door
Playhouse will be saluting mothers with an entire slate of plays opening during the month of May in which mothers figure prominently.
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.