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Welcome to the official website of Nora Louise Syran and Saga Scripts & Music
Nora is an award-winning, international poet, playwright, lyricist, songwriter, translator,
and educator. As a child of immigrants, she inherited a deep-rooted wanderlust, and
has spent years living overseas, teaching, traveling, and creating.
Her work has been seen on stages across the globe.
She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, the SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques), and the Honor Roll! 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.
For a full list of past and upcoming productions,
publications, interviews and awards, check out the News Page
You'll find my plays through the links above or The New Play Exchange
Feel free to reach out for a perusal copies
Which is your favorite work?
The one I am currently working on!
Well, if I had to choose one, I'd have to say:
EINAR'S RAGNAROK
Although it's a retelling of some of the funniest and most frightening of the Norse myths, it is a very personal play. As a first-generation Norwegian-American, my Nordic roots run deep — stories passed down through generations have shaped me. I'm inspired by the humor and tragedy and yet the hope in the norse myths I've heard all my life.
I wrote this play for my son.
In the play, Einar discovers the end of the world is sometimes the beginning.
What’s Next?
I am always creating.
If not plays, I am working on set, lighting and costume designs, writing poetry
or drawing ...or cooking dinner!
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Thank you for joining me on this epic adventure!
Happy Creating,
Nora Louise Syran
This book is a treasured 19th-century copy of the Prose Edda by Nordic skald Snorri Sturluson. It has been in our family for years. As a young girl, my mother used to press flowers in it - it's so heavy!
It is a beautiful reminder to me of the power of stories and is the inspiration behind my character Einar, a poet who cannot write...
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