Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

  • Nora Louise Syran: After Aulis

    Love the Euripidean focus on Iphigenia and her end/beginning, her reinvention of herself. Aly Kantor once again presents us with a piece full of longing, wistfulness and hope. Clever banter, clear characterization; a short play which highlights the myth without ever being weighed down or losing its pace and energy. Lovely!

    Love the Euripidean focus on Iphigenia and her end/beginning, her reinvention of herself. Aly Kantor once again presents us with a piece full of longing, wistfulness and hope. Clever banter, clear characterization; a short play which highlights the myth without ever being weighed down or losing its pace and energy. Lovely!

  • Nora Louise Syran: The Interior

    Leave it to Scott Sickles to create a character who announces they're unable to survive and then watch them thrive, despite themselves! As Sickles does, seamlessly moving through genres. He instills in his character modesty and humanity and renders him/her universal. Sickles and the super cold read by Miranda Jonte of Backporch Theater held my attention from start to finish. Fine work. Bravo.

    Leave it to Scott Sickles to create a character who announces they're unable to survive and then watch them thrive, despite themselves! As Sickles does, seamlessly moving through genres. He instills in his character modesty and humanity and renders him/her universal. Sickles and the super cold read by Miranda Jonte of Backporch Theater held my attention from start to finish. Fine work. Bravo.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Carmaggedon

    A fun fast paced romp through the circles of customer service hell! Hysterical. Great fun for performers and audience alike.

    A fun fast paced romp through the circles of customer service hell! Hysterical. Great fun for performers and audience alike.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Skin Deep (A Ten-Minute Play)

    Caught the Tiny_Theatre reading of this short play. A great blend of the modern day world and Irish folklore. A mini classic!

    Caught the Tiny_Theatre reading of this short play. A great blend of the modern day world and Irish folklore. A mini classic!

  • Nora Louise Syran: Occupied

    It was a real privilege to grow up with these two young women. Kantor's voice is full of goodness, humor, and warmth blended with real pain, as she guides her characters through the inevitable tumble into experience and the corresponding loss of innocence...and yet, there's hope. I loved it. I appreciate the natural shifts in the young children's logic, the perspective of a kindergarten teacher, and the relative safety of the bathroom/toilet/stalls. A well-paced, timely piece. There is much to commend it. I want to see this on stage. Now.

    It was a real privilege to grow up with these two young women. Kantor's voice is full of goodness, humor, and warmth blended with real pain, as she guides her characters through the inevitable tumble into experience and the corresponding loss of innocence...and yet, there's hope. I loved it. I appreciate the natural shifts in the young children's logic, the perspective of a kindergarten teacher, and the relative safety of the bathroom/toilet/stalls. A well-paced, timely piece. There is much to commend it. I want to see this on stage. Now.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Aloha Apocalypse (Ten Minute Play)

    If we only had minutes left....a delightful and funny but also harrowing look at a couple and the "tragic" push of an outside force, forcing change. Super pace, dialogue, physical action... Love the open-ended, non-ending of it all!

    If we only had minutes left....a delightful and funny but also harrowing look at a couple and the "tragic" push of an outside force, forcing change. Super pace, dialogue, physical action... Love the open-ended, non-ending of it all!

  • Nora Louise Syran: Silent Vows

    Christopher, you naughty boy, you! The stage business is clear enough to make for laughs yet open enough to leave a director free to make some fun staging choices.

    Christopher, you naughty boy, you! The stage business is clear enough to make for laughs yet open enough to leave a director free to make some fun staging choices.

  • Nora Louise Syran: I Blame the Parents

    A super spin on the Medusa myth. Easy to stage and great fun for the costume and lighting designer. Love how "ability" is interpreted and is all a matter of perspective. Cannot wait to see what happens when the daughter goes to university!

    A super spin on the Medusa myth. Easy to stage and great fun for the costume and lighting designer. Love how "ability" is interpreted and is all a matter of perspective. Cannot wait to see what happens when the daughter goes to university!

  • Nora Louise Syran: How to Talk to Your Child About Psychedelics

    Absolutely hilarious. Love the warmth and love that permeates the piece. They ARE great parents. Super!

    Absolutely hilarious. Love the warmth and love that permeates the piece. They ARE great parents. Super!

  • Nora Louise Syran: Inside Man

    Hunt weaves relatable characters and natural dialogue into a heart-breaking story that speeds by, sweeping us along with it. Some great details. I hope Nick picked up a "get out of jail free" free card for the moment when he is able to fully free himself.

    Hunt weaves relatable characters and natural dialogue into a heart-breaking story that speeds by, sweeping us along with it. Some great details. I hope Nick picked up a "get out of jail free" free card for the moment when he is able to fully free himself.