Theater 174: 72 Hour Energy
Summary
A soap opera addict gets some much-needed advice from a TV spokesman..
Writer
Lori Londagin
Lori is a professional merchant mariner by trade. She began playwriting by creating monologues for her actor-daughter (now also a merchant mariner!). Since then, Lori’s had the privilege of having many of her plays produced. Highlights include: “Chipotle (chi POTE lay),” produced by the Shawnee Theatre, the Acorn Festival, Short+Sweet Hollywood and Tree City Playhouse.“Lockout” was produced by the Manhattan Repertory and Between Us Productions in NY. “Full Scale” was selected for Northport’s One-Act Play Festival and was also performed by Spark Creative Works in NY. LIC Secret Theatre produced Lori’s play, “72 Hour Energy” (Best Actress!). The inaugural production of “The Winner” was held at the Stockwell Playhouse in London. LIC Secret Theatre also produced it, and Santa Cruz Actor's Theatre’s selected it as part of their 25th Anniversary Festival. Most recently, Bainbridge Island’s Island Theatre produced “The Winner,” as well.
Lori Londagin
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
Zelda Kimble as Beverly
Zelda Kimble is from Singapore, but currently lives in LA and has been acting her entire life. She likes champagne, glitter, and murder mysteries. She owns too many candles and has a paranormal podcast called Across the Veil.
Zelda Kimble
Kevin Carr as Todd-Brentley and The Announcer
Kevin Carr has acted professionally since the age of fifteen. Television credits include Beverly Hills 90210 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, among others. He wrote and directed the film, Sine Zen Non (Nothing Without Zen), and his next effort, a HAMLET in progress, is due out at the end of 2025. Shakespeare is his first love, and he has written a dozen plays as Kevspeare, including The Impro Lear and Twelfth Night Andronicus. Kevin has also had a successful commercial career, which has enabled him to visit forty countries in forty years.
Kevin Carr
Camille Ameen as Delilah
Camille has acted on Broadway, off-Broadway & major regional theatres. Most recently, she appeared in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and Gilmore Girls. Other TV shows include ER, L.A. Law, Newhart, Roseanne, and Kate & Allie. She had the pleasure of performing in Othello, starring James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer, Garland Wright's K-Impressions of Kafka's The Trial with Kathy Bates, Awake and Sing opposite Nancy Marchand, Miss Julie & The Stronger with Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, Pirandello's Chee-Chee with Actors Theatre of Louisville, and 2 productions each of A Streetcar Named Desire and The Three Sisters. She co-founded a theatre-based non-profit for underserved middle schoolers, which became so successful (she went to the White House to accept an award for the organization) that she had to let go of other passions. Now, she's thrilled to be acting again with Open-Door Playhouse. She's extremely grateful for the opportunities she's received.
Camille Ameen
