Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

  • Nora Louise Syran: Feeling Devilish

    A little bit nice and a whole lot of naughty. A funny short play sure to bring out the devil in you!

    A little bit nice and a whole lot of naughty. A funny short play sure to bring out the devil in you!

  • Nora Louise Syran: The Urn

    A cross country adventure of two sisters and the interesting characters they pick up along the way--characters who all find themselves "in the right car" as no one really has a clear destination in mind. Or do they? What could be very dark with the urn ever present is amusing and heartwarming; from ashes spring new life for them all. (Would work super well on the screen!)

    A cross country adventure of two sisters and the interesting characters they pick up along the way--characters who all find themselves "in the right car" as no one really has a clear destination in mind. Or do they? What could be very dark with the urn ever present is amusing and heartwarming; from ashes spring new life for them all. (Would work super well on the screen!)

  • Nora Louise Syran: The Rotary Phone

    This is as charmingly funny as I’d hoped it would be! The references to names are hysterical. And allusions to the 70s, priceless! Great fun for actors and audience alike.

    This is as charmingly funny as I’d hoped it would be! The references to names are hysterical. And allusions to the 70s, priceless! Great fun for actors and audience alike.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Barn Wood and Blue Roses (FULL LENGTH VERSION)

    A lovely play with strong roles for young performers and plenty of possibilities for a set, costume and lighting director. Love how Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn weaves a tale set believably between the world of comforting imagination and harsh reality.

    A lovely play with strong roles for young performers and plenty of possibilities for a set, costume and lighting director. Love how Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn weaves a tale set believably between the world of comforting imagination and harsh reality.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Hats

    I attended a very successful reading of this play last night and was impressed with how even during a cold reading the actors had no trouble highlighting Cathro's skill in capturing the depths of what love in a couple means--in all its messiness, loveliness, hopefulness and hopelessness. And while yes the actors were talented, it really comes down to the writing which is fluid, clear, poetic and inventive. Actors and audience alike were charmed. Once again, Cathro's love of humanity comes through. Bravo.

    I attended a very successful reading of this play last night and was impressed with how even during a cold reading the actors had no trouble highlighting Cathro's skill in capturing the depths of what love in a couple means--in all its messiness, loveliness, hopefulness and hopelessness. And while yes the actors were talented, it really comes down to the writing which is fluid, clear, poetic and inventive. Actors and audience alike were charmed. Once again, Cathro's love of humanity comes through. Bravo.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Offering

    So much fun for Halloween! I could really see this short play expanded for even more laughs. Blood sausages, borscht ...Great fun!!

    So much fun for Halloween! I could really see this short play expanded for even more laughs. Blood sausages, borscht ...Great fun!!

  • Nora Louise Syran: AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, A Play for Videoconference

    A play that captures the isolation and helplessness of day four of the pandemic and yet it still smarts. Well done to playwright Rachael Carnes for capturing the absurdity and chaos of it all.

    A play that captures the isolation and helplessness of day four of the pandemic and yet it still smarts. Well done to playwright Rachael Carnes for capturing the absurdity and chaos of it all.

  • Nora Louise Syran: Myth

    Carbajal's excellent use of enumeration and repetition in this piece creates a powerful, implacable rhythm. Easily staged collectively or as a solo piece with super lighting and sound design possibilities. Bravo!

    Carbajal's excellent use of enumeration and repetition in this piece creates a powerful, implacable rhythm. Easily staged collectively or as a solo piece with super lighting and sound design possibilities. Bravo!

  • Nora Louise Syran: An Invocation To His Muse

    Stunning! Stark and yet full of detail, cold and yet full of warmth. A beautifully crafted atmosphere full of longing. I love Kantor's work.

    Stunning! Stark and yet full of detail, cold and yet full of warmth. A beautifully crafted atmosphere full of longing. I love Kantor's work.

  • Nora Louise Syran: THE SUBTLE, SUBLIME TRANSFORMATION OF BENNY V.

    "Someone imagined this, created this. Someone changed the world by making this." Yes, Steven G. Martin certainly has. It's the most life-affirming and lovely story I've experienced in awhile. Yes, experienced. We [run] toward, looking for, something greater than [ourselves] alongside Martin's magnificent protagonist. I love this play.

    "Someone imagined this, created this. Someone changed the world by making this." Yes, Steven G. Martin certainly has. It's the most life-affirming and lovely story I've experienced in awhile. Yes, experienced. We [run] toward, looking for, something greater than [ourselves] alongside Martin's magnificent protagonist. I love this play.