Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

  • Nora Louise Syran: Good Neighbors (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 9 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH, "good fences make good neighbors" but a garden gate works too! Lovely short play for two older actors. Easy to stage. Sweet.

    Number 9 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH, "good fences make good neighbors" but a garden gate works too! Lovely short play for two older actors. Easy to stage. Sweet.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Fork and Spoon (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 8 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH, this play is sweet without being syrupy. A perfect little gem.

    Number 8 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH, this play is sweet without being syrupy. A perfect little gem.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: The Flemish Master (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 7 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH takes a different track altogether: the ultimate adventure. Lovely.

    Number 7 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH takes a different track altogether: the ultimate adventure. Lovely.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Family Ties (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 6 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH affords you quite the conversation starter at your next church wedding while waiting for the Bride to appear...or will she!?

    Number 6 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH affords you quite the conversation starter at your next church wedding while waiting for the Bride to appear...or will she!?

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Blue Birds (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 5 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH and nope, not "stopping while I'm ahead!" Two couples face challenges ahead with realistic humor, irritation, jealousy and fun.

    Number 5 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH and nope, not "stopping while I'm ahead!" Two couples face challenges ahead with realistic humor, irritation, jealousy and fun.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Battle of the Karens (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 4 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH will leave you wanting to throw the towel in too. Poor Stacey. A whirlwind of a sketch!

    Number 4 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH will leave you wanting to throw the towel in too. Poor Stacey. A whirlwind of a sketch!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Playground (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 2 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH starts off fun and then takes you in an entirely delightfully different direction as the eponymous hero (?) arrives to get a retired couple's idle brains moving and he gets more than he bargained for. Beware those camper vans...

    Number 2 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH starts off fun and then takes you in an entirely delightfully different direction as the eponymous hero (?) arrives to get a retired couple's idle brains moving and he gets more than he bargained for. Beware those camper vans...

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  • Nora Louise Syran: 23 and Bree (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    Number 1 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH starts off with a "real kick"! Cole's characters are completely fleshed out, relatable and true to life. We sympathize with them all. Brava.

    Number 1 in the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH starts off with a "real kick"! Cole's characters are completely fleshed out, relatable and true to life. We sympathize with them all. Brava.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: blowhole. by Aly Kantor
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    Another take on Aristophanes? Yes! "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever!" No need. Kantor's done it. Her wit and humor is unbroken but it’s her underlying message that grabbed me most. Her voice as a woman comes through loud and clear. She pushes LYSISTRATA in a thoroughly modern and ecological direction; the women are saving their men from economical and ecological disaster they themselves are unknowingly perpetuating. MOBY DICK meets LYSISTRATRA meets ERIN BROKOVICH...but it's all Kantor. Brava, playwright.

    Another take on Aristophanes? Yes! "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever!" No need. Kantor's done it. Her wit and humor is unbroken but it’s her underlying message that grabbed me most. Her voice as a woman comes through loud and clear. She pushes LYSISTRATA in a thoroughly modern and ecological direction; the women are saving their men from economical and ecological disaster they themselves are unknowingly perpetuating. MOBY DICK meets LYSISTRATRA meets ERIN BROKOVICH...but it's all Kantor. Brava, playwright.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Faith, Trust and... by Rachel Feeny-Williams
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    This was fun to hear read aloud during a Sunday afternoon zoom reading some time ago (!) so I agree it would make a good audio production. But like most of Feeny-Williams's work, it's flexible and fun. On stage, I saw zoot suits throughout and plenty of sparkles. Oh and those mermaids! Peter Pan and mystery lovers will gobble it up!

    This was fun to hear read aloud during a Sunday afternoon zoom reading some time ago (!) so I agree it would make a good audio production. But like most of Feeny-Williams's work, it's flexible and fun. On stage, I saw zoot suits throughout and plenty of sparkles. Oh and those mermaids! Peter Pan and mystery lovers will gobble it up!

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