A. Nora Long

A. Nora Long

Nora is a writer, director, dramaturg, translator, scholar, and educator proudly working in the Greater Boston area. She received her MFA in Dramaturgy from the American Repertory Theatre/ Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in theatre and Italian.

Plays

  • The Sicillian, or the Great Renaissance Men's Plague
    The perfect Renaissance beauty has dewy skin, rosy cheeks, and absolutely no bodily autonomy. Luckily, for the women of Rome, Giulia and her step-daughter know a thing or two about banishing a blemish...or a husband. A post-Roe dark comedy about the practice of traditional values. Maybe it's make-up, maybe it's poison.
  • The Clytemnestriad
    When a photograph is all that remains of a soul, who will tell her story? A modern reinterpretation of Aeschylus' Oresteia and Euripides' Iphigenia plays, this story blends time, memory, and myth to suss out other sides of an ancient tale. How can a family find justice after an unspeakable act and end the cycle of revenge?
  • The Paper Bag Princess
    An adaptation of the children's book by Robert Munsch
    Additional lyrics by Alejandro Simoes & Chuong Pham

    Once upon a time Princess Elizabeth and Prince Ronald were on their way to happily ever after, when a terrible dragon burned down the kingdom and stole the Prince. Now the princess must attempt to defeat the beast and save her man. Sing a song or two with the Wandering...
    An adaptation of the children's book by Robert Munsch
    Additional lyrics by Alejandro Simoes & Chuong Pham

    Once upon a time Princess Elizabeth and Prince Ronald were on their way to happily ever after, when a terrible dragon burned down the kingdom and stole the Prince. Now the princess must attempt to defeat the beast and save her man. Sing a song or two with the Wandering Minstrel and keep the Princess company on her quest with this story for all ages.
  • Midnight at the Last Night Cabaret
    In Midnight at the Last Night Cabaret, we find ourselves at a crossroads wondering if the imminent doom palpable in the city is reality or a joke. A group of performers gather at a theatre to put on a vaudeville show as the world begins to collapse. Our awareness of time, cataclysmic scope, and absurdity are challenged as zombies and the living boggle their way through the performance laying waste to everything...
    In Midnight at the Last Night Cabaret, we find ourselves at a crossroads wondering if the imminent doom palpable in the city is reality or a joke. A group of performers gather at a theatre to put on a vaudeville show as the world begins to collapse. Our awareness of time, cataclysmic scope, and absurdity are challenged as zombies and the living boggle their way through the performance laying waste to everything in their path. Only the audience can save us in this choose-your-own-adventure escapade through the last night as we know it.
  • We All Have the Same Story
    A Translation of the play by Dario Fo & Franca Rame

    An unconventional bedtime story features an evil dwarf, an innocent girl, and a foul-mouthed rag-doll.