Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

  • Nora Louise Syran: The Bed Trick

    Great fun...until it isn't. I appreciated the five 'act' structure of this one act problem play, crisp, unflinching dialogue and perennially relevant subject matter.

    Great fun...until it isn't. I appreciated the five 'act' structure of this one act problem play, crisp, unflinching dialogue and perennially relevant subject matter.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Intellectuals

    I was delighted to recognize facets of Sickles' * inimitable wit in each of these well crafted characters. And I so enjoyed spending time with them, in the same way I'd loved to have been able to curl up with a martini and listen to Noel Coward entertain his friends in the same eponymous spirit of this fun situational and farcical comedy of manners. I laughed out loud at the many snappy one liners and loved the satisfying deneument.

    (*yes, I'm consciously punctuating his name a la Socrates!)

    I was delighted to recognize facets of Sickles' * inimitable wit in each of these well crafted characters. And I so enjoyed spending time with them, in the same way I'd loved to have been able to curl up with a martini and listen to Noel Coward entertain his friends in the same eponymous spirit of this fun situational and farcical comedy of manners. I laughed out loud at the many snappy one liners and loved the satisfying deneument.

    (*yes, I'm consciously punctuating his name a la Socrates!)

  • Nora Louise Syran: The Manners Mafia

    Feeny-Williams has had her revenge for perhaps a real-life "Maleducazione situation"? Ah, nothing like catharsis. You'll be amused by this short, darkly funny piece full of mafia tropes. Bravissima signorina !

    Feeny-Williams has had her revenge for perhaps a real-life "Maleducazione situation"? Ah, nothing like catharsis. You'll be amused by this short, darkly funny piece full of mafia tropes. Bravissima signorina !

  • Nora Louise Syran: THE DATING POOL (10-minute version) comedy

    Loved this. So many quotable lines. Five facets of the same woman allow five strong female players a lovely range of emotions in only a few minutes. I fell in love with each woman and rooted for her to move forward.

    Loved this. So many quotable lines. Five facets of the same woman allow five strong female players a lovely range of emotions in only a few minutes. I fell in love with each woman and rooted for her to move forward.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Fading Light, Enduring Love

    A painfully poetic short play. A huge whallop of emotion in a minute. Life, like this play, is short.

    A painfully poetic short play. A huge whallop of emotion in a minute. Life, like this play, is short.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Memory (short play)

    The memory may be fuzzy. But the love is there. A short piece full of promise and possibilities. Could be played many different ways and is a good example of how theatre is collaborative: playwright, performer, director and even a set designer all have their role, even in this very short play. Bravo.

    The memory may be fuzzy. But the love is there. A short piece full of promise and possibilities. Could be played many different ways and is a good example of how theatre is collaborative: playwright, performer, director and even a set designer all have their role, even in this very short play. Bravo.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Poseidon and the Sea Nymph

    A lucky chance encounter. An unlikely hero. A reminder to never judge a human being by their outward appearance. Superb dialogue. Sound effects for a lucky designer. A well crafted modernized myth.

    A lucky chance encounter. An unlikely hero. A reminder to never judge a human being by their outward appearance. Superb dialogue. Sound effects for a lucky designer. A well crafted modernized myth.

  • Nora Louise Syran: My Vagina Has A First Name

    Hall has crafted four fun females who are finding much more to talk about than the book they're meant to be discussing. Very funny and entirely relatable -- for women! I can't speak for anyone without a vagina, but if you're lucky enough, one day you just might have YOURS given a superbly funny voice-over on Theatrical Shenanigans: https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-sp…

    Hall has crafted four fun females who are finding much more to talk about than the book they're meant to be discussing. Very funny and entirely relatable -- for women! I can't speak for anyone without a vagina, but if you're lucky enough, one day you just might have YOURS given a superbly funny voice-over on Theatrical Shenanigans: https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-sp…

  • Nora Louise Syran: Need to Know?

    Do we ever really know the people in our lives? A tense short drama highlighting how our deepest suspicions can be confirmed if we allow them to be. Two encounters which reveal how sisterhood and standing up for each other as women can be a complicated thing. Listen to the audio production on Theatrical's Shenanigans https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-sp…

    Do we ever really know the people in our lives? A tense short drama highlighting how our deepest suspicions can be confirmed if we allow them to be. Two encounters which reveal how sisterhood and standing up for each other as women can be a complicated thing. Listen to the audio production on Theatrical's Shenanigans https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-sp…

  • Nora Louise Syran: Faerie Ring

    Another magical and heart-breakingly human short piece by the master miniature magical world builder Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn. We always have options, but we don't always see our own inner strength and we don't always know how to ask for help. Just lovely. Give the super audio production on Theatrical Shenanigans a listen: https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-sp…

    Another magical and heart-breakingly human short piece by the master miniature magical world builder Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn. We always have options, but we don't always see our own inner strength and we don't always know how to ask for help. Just lovely. Give the super audio production on Theatrical Shenanigans a listen: https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-sp…