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Nora Louise Syran does an amazing job of connecting the fall of Athens with the events of January 6 in this modernized meeting between Euripides and Socrates. You don’t have to be a scholar of Ancient Greece to appreciate this story of an aging playwright concerned with the political climate as well as his own legacy. Well done!

At the intersection of playwright and philosopher is the perfect place to find me! What a delightful short piece Nora Syran has given us! A wry look beneath the togas of two great minds of the ancient world. I thoroughly enjoyed this piece for its well rounded characterizations and down to earth banter.

Timely, tragic, and poignant. History sadly repeats itself because we never, ever learn from the past. Euripides, fed up and fearful, seeks to find a new future, one where he's appreciated. Meanwhile, his country is falling to the rabble; what little orderly rule there was has disintegrated. Where is the line between patriotism, duty, and personal salvation?

A play that checks in with ancient Greek culture and history, while updating for our modern world. The two characters really inhabit their real-life namesakes, entertaining us with their banter. I particularly like the use of Socrates' philosophy and Euripides' plays.

Syran does a wonderful job here not only writing a play that brings to life two charming characters but also accomplishes the far greater task of keeping Euripides and Socrates from seeming like statues. Instead, they live and breath in this piece and within the brief moments of the play they manage to frame for us the central tenants of how they both viewed art. Syran's particular shining moment here is how The Bacchae is discussed and a clever insight to what Euripides was doing, or trying to do, with his final piece.