Nora Louise Syran
Award winning international poet, playwright, lyricist, songwriter, translator, and educator. Nora, a child of immigrants, developed her own wanderlust and has spent years living overseas teaching, traveling and creating. She is a member of the SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques), the Dramatists Guild, the Honor Roll! and Playwrights Thriving. She studied under poet Brigit P. Kelly and mezzo-soprano Sylvia Stone at the University of Illinois. She is at home in the USA and France.
'I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.' -Miles Davis
WEBSITE: www.sagascripts.com or www.noralouisesyran.com
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@noralouisesyran
NPX: https://newplayexchange.org/users/34709/nora-louise-syran
Published works include:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE -- Next Stage Press (two scenes read here)
OUR FAKE HISTORY -- Next Stage Press
ELLIS ISLAND AHEAD! -- Eldridge Plays and Musicals
The monologue: There Are No Closets in My Classroom - Smith & Kraus "WE/US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters Anthology" and produced in June 2024 by Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective (seen here)
Ragnhild's monologue from EINAR'S RAGNAROK -- Smith & Kraus Best Women's Monologues 2023
MADAME MEDUSA WOULD PREFER A CHARDONNAY -- Venus Theatre Anthology: Frozen Women, Flowing Thoughts
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