Theater 179: Agnes’s Little War
Summary
Do citizens have the right to judge elected leaders on personal morals? An idealistic voter lost faith in a political candidate and is demanding that he return the contribution she made to his campaign. A man with ties to the candidate appears at her door, offering her money if she will "back off." Can her values stand up to the test?
Writer
Rosemary FrisinoToohey
A married mother of four, she resides in Baltimore. Her plays have received over 280 productions, domestically and internationally. Her full-length plays include Gladys in Wonderland, Crazy Quilt Blues, A Very Fowl Thanksgiving, Smoke in the Canyon, The Garbageman, Cornered, and more.
Rosemary FrisinoToohey
Director
Bernadette Armstrong
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).
Bernadette Armstrong
Rosemary Thomas as Agnes
As an actor, writer, and part-time producer, Rosemary is now finding time to practice living life from a conscious, peaceful, and grateful perspective. In the TV arena, her most recent appearance was on Better Things. She’s done several National commercials, shorts, and a few films. Her first theater performance was playing Rose in Fences. She’s a proud member of SkyPilot Theatre Co., a volunteer member of Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival and so pleased to be involved with Open-door Playhouse.
Rosemary Thomas
Gilbert Glenn Brown as Evan
Gilbert Glenn Brown - His acting credits include the motion pictures; Respect as MLK Jr., Best of Enemies, the forthcoming Long Shadows, Lilly, and All Hail Anastasia to name a few. His television credits include: recurring: TWD: Darryl Dixon, MAYANS MC, BMF, MLK/X, NCIS, Stargirl, General Hospital, Young & the Restless, The Inspectors, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Good Behavior, S.W.A.T., Bosch: Legacy and Stranger Things.
His theater credits include: The Mountaintop (Garry Marshall Theatre), Power to the People (LA Philharmonic/Disney Music Hall), Dot (Billie HolidayTheatre/True Colors Theatre), LATW’s national tour of The Mountaintop, When Jazz Had the Blues (CEK Productions/The Matrix Theatre), Harriet Jacobs (Kansas City Rep), Civil War Christmas (Huntington Theatre), TopDog/UnderDog (Seattle Rep/CTG), Spunk (True Colors Theatre Company), The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek (Fountain Theatre), Serial. Black. Face. (Actor’s Express) and Charleston Olio (Goodman Theatre & National Black Theatre Festival).
His writing/producing and directing credits include the short film Half/Off, the web series All in the Timing, musicals Beyond the Obvious and C.H.O.I.C.E.S., and the upcoming series NICU-DC.
Gilbert’s numerous awards and nominations include appearing in the Emmy-winning Proctor & Gamble’s The Talk, NAACP Theatre Awards, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, and the Audelco Award. He has also appeared in and voiced several commercials for a variety of clients and several podcasts.
Gilbert Glenn Brown
