[NoHo Arts District] – “Trouble: A Calamity Adventure” is a free radio play thriller with 10 original songs set to broadcast in two parts on Open-Door Playhouse. Both are up now to watch!

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The Story

“Trouble: A Calamity Adventure” is a radio play (or a sonic movie, if you prefer), a thriller with a complete song score (10 original songs), sound effects, comedy and danger.

The women are hired to play a concert gig at a club in Vegas, so they load up their truck and head for Sin City. While performing, their cell phones are all stolen and their truck is disabled, possibly by a romantic rival of one of the ladies. They accept an offer of a ride from a promoter. During a break at a stop in the desert, he attempts to assault one of the women but is slain. Fearing that they will be accused of murder, the band flees in his vehicle. Running out of resources, one of the musicians impulsively robs a convenience store. Now, the band finds itself heading for the Mexican border with police in hot pursuit. What will be the band’s ultimate fate?

“Trouble: A Calamity Adventure” will be broadcast in two parts, on June 1 and June 15, on Open-Door Playhouse, a podcast that presents the works of playwrights to whom you should be introduced. You can hear Trouble and an archive of other plays at http://opendoorplayhouse.org

Trouble will also be available on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon.

About Calamity

Calamity is an all-female acoustic band based in San Diego. They describe their music (accurately) as “folk rock with a country pop.” The group’s members include Catherine Barnes, Cathryn Beeks, Patric Petrie, Marcia Claire and Nisha Catron.

About Trouble

“Trouble: A Calamity Adventure” is written and produced by Catherine Barnes. She is a drummer, percussionist, comedian, songwriter, and theatre artist who has worked undercover as a middle school drum teacher in San Diego, California for the last eight years. She likes to take all those things about life that make you want to crawl under something and die…and turn them into funny songs filled with percussion instruments. Her previous award-winning plays include “International Man of Mystery” and “Yes, No, Maybe So.”

Trouble is a Queen Mab Music production sponsored by the San Diego Troubador, a music publication. Trouble is recorded by Ernesto Garcia Jr., edited by Cathryn Beeks, and narrated by Claudia Russell. It stars Catherine Barnes, Cathryn Beeks, Patric Petrie, Marcia Claire, and Nisha Catron. Total running time: 75 minutes.