Morey Norkin is a retired technical writer/proposal manager now living in Japan. He was a regular fixture in Annapolis, Maryland community theater from the late ‘70s to the mid-90s appearing often at Colonial Players, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, and Annapolis Theater Project, of which he was a co-founder. Morey made his debut as a playwright in 2019, with Last Laugh, a one-act play presented at Colonial Players as part of an evening of three one-acts under the umbrella title, Generations. Morey’s most produced 10-minute play, On Queue, was a finalist in the 2021 Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival in Bonita Springs, FL, and was one of 10 to be produced during the festival. On Queue was also produced in 2022 by PlayZoomers, in 2023 by Prince Theatre’s Short Attention Span Theatre festival in Chestertown, MD, and will be part of Short & Sweet in Sydney, Australia in 2024. Morey’s only (to date) full-length play, Gold Paint, was a finalist in the 2021 Chameleon Theatre Circle new play contest and a quarterfinalist in the 2021 ScreenCraft Stage Play contest. His AI-inspired one-act play, Flight of Fancy, was part of Tiny Theatre's Tiny Spring Lineup for 2023. Morey’s 10-minute, earth-shattering, climate change comedy, Eden 2, was presented by The Magnetic Theatre in Asheville, NC in 2023, and will be part of the Mini Shenanigans podcast in 2024. Morey’s short satire, The Replacement, was awarded second prize in the inaugural Fern Street New Play Festival in West Hartford, CT in 2023.

In his spare time, Morey enjoys sharpening his table tennis skills and leading an adult English conversation class.