Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

  • Nora Louise Syran: The Wrinkle Ranch (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 20 in the collection THE WRINKLE WRANCH and this titular short is naughty, naughty, naughty and whole lot of nice! Ladies, you'll be wishing you were in your 80s :)

    Number 20 in the collection THE WRINKLE WRANCH and this titular short is naughty, naughty, naughty and whole lot of nice! Ladies, you'll be wishing you were in your 80s :)

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  • Nora Louise Syran: The Price of Freedom (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 19 in THE WRINKLE WRANCH collection. I adore stories where characters pay it forward especially when they themselves are making big changes in their own lives. Lovely imagery of moving forward. Cole adds just the right amount of comeuppance for those who just never "get it" that it pays to be positive.

    Number 19 in THE WRINKLE WRANCH collection. I adore stories where characters pay it forward especially when they themselves are making big changes in their own lives. Lovely imagery of moving forward. Cole adds just the right amount of comeuppance for those who just never "get it" that it pays to be positive.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: The Aging Fairy (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 18 in the WRINKLE WRANCH collection. Linda's "own your age" thing has the Aging Fairy perplexed. Ur-ine for a fun ride with this short play!

    Number 18 in the WRINKLE WRANCH collection. Linda's "own your age" thing has the Aging Fairy perplexed. Ur-ine for a fun ride with this short play!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Squirreling Away (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 16 in THE WRINKLE WRANCH collection. Janice's comping mechanism for her grief manifests itself in an obsession with squirrel poop. Lest you be prone to judgement, know that she's the "picture of mental health" and we've all been there at some point in our lives. Facing real life, until it drives you batty, is tough. You'll just have to read it to know more. A fun short play for lovers (and haters) of squirrels.

    Number 16 in THE WRINKLE WRANCH collection. Janice's comping mechanism for her grief manifests itself in an obsession with squirrel poop. Lest you be prone to judgement, know that she's the "picture of mental health" and we've all been there at some point in our lives. Facing real life, until it drives you batty, is tough. You'll just have to read it to know more. A fun short play for lovers (and haters) of squirrels.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Storm in a Teacup (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 15 of THE WRINKLE RANCH collection. I love a good clairvoyant and Cole delivers. Miss Eleanor's spiriting is pretty sweet indeed but "SILENCE! We must pour the tea!" Great fun.

    Number 15 of THE WRINKLE RANCH collection. I love a good clairvoyant and Cole delivers. Miss Eleanor's spiriting is pretty sweet indeed but "SILENCE! We must pour the tea!" Great fun.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Romero and Juliet (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 14 of the WRINKLE WRANCH collection. While epistolic, the characters do not read from their letters, but speak of their letters and the events of the 1940s and 1980s, which creates a lovely dance between four actors. Physical and metaphysical, lies becoming truth. History and Romance lovers will be enchanted.

    Number 14 of the WRINKLE WRANCH collection. While epistolic, the characters do not read from their letters, but speak of their letters and the events of the 1940s and 1980s, which creates a lovely dance between four actors. Physical and metaphysical, lies becoming truth. History and Romance lovers will be enchanted.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Mother of Pearl (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 13 in the WRINKLE WRANCH collection. A fun little piece. Mothers in the audience will relate perfectly to Pearl's Mom, Mrs Harvey, who likes seatbelts and good choices and is a good mom. Her very practical "grew up on a farm" background and her lack of facial expressions had me howling! Never underestimate Mom.

    Number 13 in the WRINKLE WRANCH collection. A fun little piece. Mothers in the audience will relate perfectly to Pearl's Mom, Mrs Harvey, who likes seatbelts and good choices and is a good mom. Her very practical "grew up on a farm" background and her lack of facial expressions had me howling! Never underestimate Mom.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Let Them Eat Cake (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 12 in the collection THE WRINKLE WRANCH and this one tugged heart at my heart strings. Poignant. Anyone managing someone with dementia (or even not) will "get it". The love is palpable. Doing the right thing is always a good thing. This slow to reveal itself short play will leave you in tears.

    Number 12 in the collection THE WRINKLE WRANCH and this one tugged heart at my heart strings. Poignant. Anyone managing someone with dementia (or even not) will "get it". The love is palpable. Doing the right thing is always a good thing. This slow to reveal itself short play will leave you in tears.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: January 8 (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 11 in the collection THE WRINKLE WRANCH and it's one of my favorites so far. I can see this woman looking out, at us, peering into the audience to make us see. Love this theme. Love the fun Cole has with it as well. Serious and silly all at once.

    Number 11 in the collection THE WRINKLE WRANCH and it's one of my favorites so far. I can see this woman looking out, at us, peering into the audience to make us see. Love this theme. Love the fun Cole has with it as well. Serious and silly all at once.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: WONDER OF OUR STAGE by Monica Cross
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    Adore this. Shakespeare a wooden robot? Cross "require[s] you do awake your faith"! And you will. Like Shakespeare in Love, you'll fall in love with Shakespeare all the more in his automaton form as he develops from "petty verses" to the "wonder of our stage" and somehow becomes "more completely human". The allusions throughout will keep lovers of the Bard's words amused and delighted. It's part Frankenstein, part Tempest, part alchemist Fantasy. Audiences and writers will adore as well. It's classic and timely all at once. (I really want to see that "goofy fellow with the dog" ;)

    Adore this. Shakespeare a wooden robot? Cross "require[s] you do awake your faith"! And you will. Like Shakespeare in Love, you'll fall in love with Shakespeare all the more in his automaton form as he develops from "petty verses" to the "wonder of our stage" and somehow becomes "more completely human". The allusions throughout will keep lovers of the Bard's words amused and delighted. It's part Frankenstein, part Tempest, part alchemist Fantasy. Audiences and writers will adore as well. It's classic and timely all at once. (I really want to see that "goofy fellow with the dog" ;)

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