Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form. Its upcoming
play Cairo will debut on November 28, 2023 online at http://opendoorplayhouse.org

Cairo is part of a collection of short plays with the umbrella title of Outside Paducah:
The Wars at Home.

Cairo (pronounced KAY-row) is the name of an Illinois town just across the state line
from Paducah, Kentucky where Dan, the proprietor of a business called Dan’s Demolition, is seeing a bank executive about a loan to bolster his business. In the course of his conversation with the banker, Dan relates details about the military records of his father, himself, and his son. Dan, an expert at demolition, seeks to rebuild his life.

Bernadette Armstrong directs. Playwright J.A. Moad II performs his own script.

J.A. Moad II is a former Air Force C-130 pilot with over a hundred combat sorties. He
received an MFA from Augsburg College. He has written fiction, poetry, and essays. He is also an actor and an airline pilot. He resides in Northfield, Minnesota.

Cairo is a selection in the Open-Door Playhouse month-long Salute to Veterans in
November, focusing on works created by veterans.

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, the 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://opendoorplayhouse.org

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