Nora's Playhouse

The Nora Salon is BACK on Friday, September 21st with “The Great Forgotten”

Posted by Rebecca Lovett in Announcements, Nora Salon, Upcoming events

Our next gathering of The Nora Salon is Friday, September 21! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and an informal reading of an excerpt from Kacie and Karen Devaney’s two-act play: The Great Forgotten.

WWI nurses

In 1917, Elizabeth is one of the first registered nurses to offer her services in France when the United States finally enters World War I. Her sister Celia, an artist at heart, never shies away from adventure, so she signs up as a volunteer to aide in the Great War, tagging along with Elizabeth for what she imagines will be an exciting experience. Together with their fellow nurses, the sisters are faced with the gruesome realities of trench warfare as they struggle to save the thousands of wounded soldiers who pass through base hospital 21. Through friendship, tears, and laughter, these unsung heroes perform extraordinary acts of courage, even when it means risking their own lives.

With the World War I centennial just around the corner on November 11th, we hope you will join us for the premiere reading of this new, completely revised version of The Great Forgotten by mother-daughter playwrighting team Kacie and Karen Devaney.

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The Nora Salon: The Great Forgotten
Friday, September 21st at 7pm
550 West 45th Street in Midtown West, Manhattan
hosted by Ben Dwoken

SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org to add your name to the guest list. You’ll receive the apartment number and directions in a separate email when your reservation is confirmed.

Suggested donation: $10

Sep.10

Join us for The Nora Salon: “The Unthinkable” on 6/11

Posted by Rebecca Lovett in Announcements, Nora Salon, Upcoming events

Our next gathering of The Nora Salon is Monday, June 11! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and an informal reading of Eve Lederman’s full length play: The Unthinkable.

The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable depicts one afternoon in a hospital room in a death-defying traumedy revealing family secrets. Backs are turned and accusations hurled as the Rosens come together and fall apart, bound by heartbreak and humor.

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The Nora Salon: The Unthinkable
Monday, June 11th at 7pm
Magaw Place between West 181st and West 183rd
in Washington Heights, NYC
hosted by Alexandra Bonesho

SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org to add your name to the guest list. You’ll receive the exact address in a separate email when your reservation is confirmed.

Suggested donation: $10

May.30

Tickets on Sale Now!

Posted by Rebecca Lovett in Announcements, New, Upcoming events

whatdoesfreemean?

July 6 – July 22 at The Tank

312 West 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC

Tickets $20

whatdoesfreemean?, a new play by award-winning human rights playwright Catherine Filloux, follows the journey of an African-American woman serving a long sentence for a non-violent drug offense. When Mary ends up in solitary confinement, she struggles to maintain her sanity. The play takes the audience into her psychic world. We travel alongside her self-guided intellectual and emotional journey into the nature of freedom, both physical and psychological, as Mary’s external and internal experiences unfold on stage in the present, in memory, and in the fantasies that help her survive. Directed by Amy S. Green, the cast includes James Edward Becton*, Brenda Crawley, Justin Jorrell, Galway McCullough*, Liz Morgan*, and Lisa Strum* as Mary.

whatdoesfreemean? was developed with the support of Nora’s Playhouse.

The Nora’s Playhouse production of whatdoesfreemean? is presented by The Tank.

This production is an Equity-approved showcase. *Actors appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

May.28