Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

  • Nora Louise Syran: Cassandra: A Steampunk Romance by Christopher Soucy
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    'Frankenstein' meets 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Soucy creates "a world without limit. A world of magic and fantastic spirits." Great fun. Swordplay and steampunk theatricality. Favorite line: "every moment of everyday should overwhelm you."

    'Frankenstein' meets 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Soucy creates "a world without limit. A world of magic and fantastic spirits." Great fun. Swordplay and steampunk theatricality. Favorite line: "every moment of everyday should overwhelm you."

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  • Nora Louise Syran: In Fairness by Jarred Corona
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    The first word that came to mind was "Aldos Huxley-esque" with our introduction by Miss Peak into the piece. The world Corona creates is simple to stage and yet full of possibilities, even when viewed only from the enclosure of a waiting room. Favorite lines: "You really aren’t well." "No one who can see is." Well done!

    The first word that came to mind was "Aldos Huxley-esque" with our introduction by Miss Peak into the piece. The world Corona creates is simple to stage and yet full of possibilities, even when viewed only from the enclosure of a waiting room. Favorite lines: "You really aren’t well." "No one who can see is." Well done!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: The Kiss by George Sapio
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    Sapio "grab[s] us and hold[s] us" with his take on an iconic photograph. Humorous and touching. Well done!

    Sapio "grab[s] us and hold[s] us" with his take on an iconic photograph. Humorous and touching. Well done!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: XANDRA: A PTA MEETING MONOLOGUE by Asher Wyndham
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    Get out that yard-stick ruler and show them what's what! Great stuff. Wyndham makes mincemeat out of the hypocrisy that infests itself deeply in our society. Wonderful narrative arc. I caught the Back Porch Theater reading by Miranda Jonte. Good stuff.

    Get out that yard-stick ruler and show them what's what! Great stuff. Wyndham makes mincemeat out of the hypocrisy that infests itself deeply in our society. Wonderful narrative arc. I caught the Back Porch Theater reading by Miranda Jonte. Good stuff.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: YELLA JACK by Donna Latham
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    Latham's YELLA JACK is full of endless staging possibilities, from costume to sound design. Wonderfully theatrical. Superbly poetic monologues intertwined with fast paced refined and raw dialogues. Well done!

    Latham's YELLA JACK is full of endless staging possibilities, from costume to sound design. Wonderfully theatrical. Superbly poetic monologues intertwined with fast paced refined and raw dialogues. Well done!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Blue, a monologue by Rachel Bublitz
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    A mother who normally likes to stand out is grateful her children do not. This monologue is aching with self doubt and self-inflicted invalidation. Any decent minded person who acknowledges their privilege in "the genetic milkshake that made them" will relate. This is a voice that needs to speak out and validate their fears and feelings. Bublitz captures the weight of the hatred in the world and pleads for all decent minded humanity to take a stand. Bravo. Be sure to watch the June 24 Back Porch Theater reading by Miranda Jonte. Super!

    A mother who normally likes to stand out is grateful her children do not. This monologue is aching with self doubt and self-inflicted invalidation. Any decent minded person who acknowledges their privilege in "the genetic milkshake that made them" will relate. This is a voice that needs to speak out and validate their fears and feelings. Bublitz captures the weight of the hatred in the world and pleads for all decent minded humanity to take a stand. Bravo. Be sure to watch the June 24 Back Porch Theater reading by Miranda Jonte. Super!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Pinnacle Hill by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons
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    A super voice. We're sitting right beside her; we're the friend she asks not to interrupt as she speaks and then she goes on to interrupt herself, distract herself until she faces herself. Well done!

    A super voice. We're sitting right beside her; we're the friend she asks not to interrupt as she speaks and then she goes on to interrupt herself, distract herself until she faces herself. Well done!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Release the Karen! by John Busser
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    "Gird your loins, boys!" From the title to Tim's offstage encounter with the Gorgon, I could not stop laughing. Bravo!! The Busser grabs hold of you and doesn't let go. Super fun!

    "Gird your loins, boys!" From the title to Tim's offstage encounter with the Gorgon, I could not stop laughing. Bravo!! The Busser grabs hold of you and doesn't let go. Super fun!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: TIME CODE by Kerr Lockhart
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    Wow. Lockhart masterfully captures a fictional film commentary that goes very wrong. It's not always easy to watch "the dailies" of our lives; facing truth is painful. So much comes bubbling to the surface in this tense ten minutes as the time code (a perfect metaphor) ticks along. Two super roles for older actors. Bravo! Catch a superb reading: https:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dC8IP1MxrQ

    Wow. Lockhart masterfully captures a fictional film commentary that goes very wrong. It's not always easy to watch "the dailies" of our lives; facing truth is painful. So much comes bubbling to the surface in this tense ten minutes as the time code (a perfect metaphor) ticks along. Two super roles for older actors. Bravo! Catch a superb reading: https:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dC8IP1MxrQ

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  • Nora Louise Syran: THE PICKUP GAME by Adam Richter
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    A great little short piece. Easy to stage. So much fun how we all miss the obvious at times. Definitely a farcical game worth watching!

    A great little short piece. Easy to stage. So much fun how we all miss the obvious at times. Definitely a farcical game worth watching!

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