Nora's Playhouse

01/25/2026

Congratulations to Nora's Playhouse member Jacqueline Trimble on being named Alabama's Poet Laureate!!

07/23/2025

"...the low representational numbers for women are difficult to square. By various measures (including the numbers of women graduating from degree programs in the arts), roughly two-thirds of the field’s writers are women—there is not, as artistic directors once argued, a pipeline issue. It seemed particularly bitter that, even as theatres made passionate arguments for diversity and new artistic directors took over from the old guard, certain habits were creeping back."

After years of progress in diversity, many companies’ upcoming slates feature mostly, and in some cases entirely, male-writer lineups. The backslide has prompted an outcry.

10/08/2024

Congratulations to Martha Pichey on the Off-Broadway premiere of her play ASHES & INK being presented by Paper Birch Productions at AMT Theater October 16-November 3, 2024. All of us at Nora’s Playhouse are so excited that New York audiences are getting chance to see this play!

The Nora’s Playhouse team first met Martha in April 2016 after reading her play submission, Ashes & Ink. Following some dramaturgy, discussions, and a developmental table read, we presented our first staged reading of the piece at the Episcopal Actors’ Guild in NYC in May 2017. A second staged reading followed at the debut of Nora’s Salon South at Mission House in Montgomery, Alabama in October 2018. We were enjoying working with Martha on the play’s continued development with an eye toward a full production in Alabama in 2020 when our plans–everyone’s plans–were interrupted by the pandemic. In September-October 2022, we were thrilled to finally bring Ashes & Ink to the stage in its world premiere production at The Sanctuary in Montgomery, Alabama.

SNEAK PEEK at the FIRST REHEARSAL…
We are only 11 days til ASHES & INK begins at AMT THEATER!
✨
THE ANNA L. WEISSBERGER FOUNDATION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH PAPER BIRCH PRODUCTIONS AND AMT THEATER
PRESENT…

The Off-Broadway premiere of
Ashes & Ink

Join us for a gripping story of love, loss, and redemption. Molly is a widow rebuilding her life while facing her son Quinn’s struggles with addiction.
Can she find happiness amid the chaos?

🗓 Performances begin Oct 16 at AMT Theater, NYC

🎟 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW:
www.AshesandInkThePlay.com

Martha Pichey’s Ashes & Ink has set an Off-Broadway engagement at AMT Theater, which will begin October 16 prior to an official opening October 18. Performances will continue through November 3. Alice Jankell is set to direct.

The cast will include Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) as Molly, with Javier Molina, Julian Shatkin (Like Sunday Like Rain), Tamara Flannagan, and Rhylee Watson.

The production will feature scenic design by Tim McMath, costume design by Kaitlin Feinberg, sound design by Alexis Attalla, and lighting design by Paul Hudson. General management is by Sharon Fallon Productions. Ashes & Ink is supported by the Anna L. Weissberger Foundation.



#2024

08/10/2024

“Satan, you toothless old pimp, you can retire.”

How does Jacqueline Allen Trimble write like that? On August 21, you can ask her yourself.

Join our poetry editor Andy Fogle and editor-in-chief Chuck Reece for an intimate session with Dr. Jacqueline Allen Trimble, who writes some of the most powerful and confrontational poetry coming from the South. Writing Your South is a quarterly series of online events where Salvation South invites acclaimed Southern authors to share how they write the South as they see it—for a limited audience. Jackie will open with a talk about her approach to confronting the South’s historical demons, then we’ll open the conversation. Only 25 tickets are available for this exclusive online event, and they’re going fast.

https://salvationsouth.store/products/writing-your-south-poetry-edition-virtual-via-zoom

11/23/2023

Scroll down to the question about earning a BFA at NYU . . . Shout out to Caroline for a well deserved mention!

InHouse Theatre’s next site-specific production Matt Schatz’ The Past, A Present Yet To Come will open December 4, 2023 at The Artisan Studios, moving over to The Ebell of Los Angeles December 11th. Tom Detrinis directs the cast of Keri Safran, Brandon Scott and Rob Welsh. After returning from h...

04/23/2023

So sorry all! Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we have to postpone our April 28th salon reading of FRANCOISE. We will be rescheduling as soon as possible. Please stay tuned for updated details.

10/01/2022

🚨ONLY 2 SHOWS LEFT🚨

Have you grabbed your tickets for Ashes and Ink World Premiere?

Doors open at 6:30 tonight and the show starts at 7!

Reserve your seats now at www.norasplayhouse.org

09/29/2022

📣Final Week Of Performances Kicks Off Tonight!

Don’t miss the chance to catch Ashes & Ink, the harrowing tale of addiction, grief, and love.

🌟FREE STUDENT ENTRY. All high school and college students will receive free entry to this weeks performances.

🎟Reserve Your Seats Now! www.norasplayhouse.org

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09/27/2022

🌟Don’t miss your chance to catch the final performances of A&I World Premiere.

🗓This week’s performances run Thursday-Sunday.

🎟Reserve you seats at www.norasplayhouse.org