The Devil and the DMV

by Nora Louise Syran

(A ten minute play) The Devil arrives in another circle of hell, the department of motor vehicles, to renew his driver's license. How hard can it be? For Hell's sake, he has been driving since Henry Ford rolled his Model T off the assembly line. But no one, not even the Devil trapped in his own circles of Hell, is above the law.

Performed at the Heartland Theatre (Young at Heart) October 2023
and Berkshire...

(A ten minute play) The Devil arrives in another circle of hell, the department of motor vehicles, to renew his driver's license. How hard can it be? For Hell's sake, he has been driving since Henry Ford rolled his Model T off the assembly line. But no one, not even the Devil trapped in his own circles of Hell, is above the law.

Performed at the Heartland Theatre (Young at Heart) October 2023
and Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA May 2024

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  • Cam Eickmeyer: The Devil and the DMV by Nora Louise Syran
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    Watching the powerful struggle in the world we normies exist on the regular is prolifically poetic and satisfying.

    Watching the powerful struggle in the world we normies exist on the regular is prolifically poetic and satisfying.

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  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: The Devil and the DMV by Nora Louise Syran
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    I adore this short! Nice to know even the devil gets frustrated at the DMV. What a perfect comment on how absolutely unnerving the bureaucracy can be. If Nora Louise Syran wrote a whole collection of shorts about the devil encountering mundane modern-day hells, I would read them all. Too delightful! (10/14/24)

    I adore this short! Nice to know even the devil gets frustrated at the DMV. What a perfect comment on how absolutely unnerving the bureaucracy can be. If Nora Louise Syran wrote a whole collection of shorts about the devil encountering mundane modern-day hells, I would read them all. Too delightful! (10/14/24)

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  • Iyna Caruso: The Devil and the DMV by Nora Louise Syran
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    The DMV has long had a reputation for being a circle of hell and Nora Louise Syran nails it. A clever send-up capturing the lunacy of bureaucracy that has us rooting for the Devil.

    The DMV has long had a reputation for being a circle of hell and Nora Louise Syran nails it. A clever send-up capturing the lunacy of bureaucracy that has us rooting for the Devil.

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