Theater 197: Strange Bedfellows
Synopsis:
One night during the early years of the American Revolution, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin are compelled to share a room at a crowded inn. While the men have different temperaments, they are dedicated to the cause for the revolution.
Writer
Terrence Owen Sherry
Terrence Owen Sherry is the playwright. A former Presbyterian pastor, Hospice counselor, and Seminary instructor, he received his doctorate from the Claremont Graduate University.
Terrence Owen Sherry
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 North 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
Daamen Krall as John Adams
Daamen has worked as a professional actor/voice-over artist in films and television for the past 38 years. Some of the recent film credits include THE POST, CARS III, AMERICAN PASTORAL, UNBROKEN 2, and, for television, SLEEPY HOLLOW and MADMEN. One of his favorite projects was starring in the title role of the award-winning remake of THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI. He also produced the award-winning short film HIDE. Under the banner of MIDNIGHT SCREAM PRODUCTIONS with partner Robert Shelby, he is currently in post-production for the web series THE LISTENER. Daamen is also the host and sometimes cast member of the return of radio’s theatre of thrills, SUSPENSE, which is ha gained fans around the world and was nominated twice for a Peabody Award.
Daamen Krall
David Trice as Benjamin Franklin
David Trice is pleased to have work on another Open-Door Podcast production. The first was in Bernadette Armstrongs one-act play "Joan." He is very glad to be back. David has numerous Film and Television credits. He has been on "Big Bang Theory" "Mom" "Criminal Minds" and "Parks and Recs." His most recent was "Homecoming 2" ep 4 on Amazon Prime.
David Trice
Hessel Evelear as the Innkeeper
Hessel Jacob Evelaar was born in The Netherlands to Henk Evelaar and Jacqueline Evelaar. He started acting in regional theatre at a very young age, and made it television debut in 2006 in the children's television show Willem Wever. Due to the economic recession in The Netherlands, Hessel moved with his family to the city state Singapore, where we was scouted by the commercial modeling agency IModels and shot print work for Sony-Ericsson and starred in national commercials. Hessel never stopped doing theatre, and starred in multiple regional plays.
When he graduated from the International Baccalaureate in Singapore, Hessel moved back to the Netherlands to study Business Administration at the Free University of Amsterdam, but knowing his heart wasn't in business, he moved quickly to Los Angeles to study acting full time at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Hessel has since starred in a multitude of short films, commercials, and had his American theatre debut in LAPC's production of For This Moment Alone by Marcia Kash.
Hessel Evelear
Justice Davis as the Handyman
A graduate of North Carolina Central University, Justice Davis is an actor based in Los Angeles, California. Beginning his acting career during the pandemic, he has experience both on-camera and in voice-over. Previously in Hands from the Fire and Metro, Whitesville, Breakable, The Final Battle, Garage Invasion, and Fat and Fiction.
Justice Davis
