NEWS

We won an Emmy!

Norah is thrilled to announce that her Nature team won a regional Emmy Award for their documentary "Nature: Walking with Emerson and Thoreau"! TigerLion Arts partnered with TPT - Twin Cities PBS and producer Dawn Mikkelson to create this extraordinary film; Norah was music director for the show as well as performing in the documentary. Nature will tour nationally again next summer. Watch for details!  View the full documentary here.

Two Degrees at the Guthrie, October 5-21, 2018

.A powerful, relevant new play by Tira Palmquist and directed by Shelli Place, this coproduction between PRIME Productions and the Guthrie Theater features Norah in the lead role of Emma Phelps, a paleoclimatologist struggling to thaw her own heart. 
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Reviews are coming in for Two Degrees!

 Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Long capably embodies a woman driven by both rigorous logic and raw, almost palpable, grief." How Was the Show: "Emma Phelps [is] expertly played by Norah Long." St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Norah Long is adept at conveying the grieving wife (carrying almost a physical weight on her shoulders), the wronged friend (swallowing disbelief and dismay like it's a cup of poison) and the passionate climate scientist (hectoring, with fiery eyes, a Senate committee)."  Cherry and Spoon: "Norah Long is one of our best actors, period, and it's wonderful to see her tackle the role of a smart, mature, vibrant, messy woman. ...I've already mentioned Norah Long and how fantastic she is in the role, creating a full, flawed, complex, sympathetic character. You feel every raw emotion that Emma goes through, from grief to anger to hope, and everything in between. ...It is a strong quartet of actors with brilliant featured soloist Norah Long." Matthew Everett: "The play in large part belongs to Norah Long as Emma. Because of the strength of Long’s performance, you never get lost in the timeline of the story. A great production of a great new script - a sexy, funny, sad, smart, human story with global consequences.  I can’t recommend this play highly enough."

Menotti's The Consul - TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

Minneapolis Star Tribune named Arbeit Opera Theatre's inaugural production of The Consul one of the 10 best classical picks for Fall 2018! Norah sings the lead role of Magda in this "bitingly topical" opera, performing at St. Paul's Paul Wellstone Center November 29-30, 2018. Two nights only.
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Ordway Center with Nachito Herrera

Norah and Cuban jazz pianist Nachito Herrera reunite to reprise her Havana performance and more in this Afro-Latin evening filled with high-energy stars! One night only, December 1, 2018.
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Norah's solo CD available online

Give a listen to Norah's original arrangement of A Mighty Fortress, with Bill Chouinard creating the glorious pipe organ accompaniment! This track and others from Norah's solo CD View from Violet Hill can be purchased via iTunes or on Bandcamp.

Private Coachings Available

In tandem with her role on the Fine Arts faculty at NCU, Norah has opened up her teaching studio to a limited number of private voice and theater lessons, available to the general public of all ages. To inquire about lessons, click here.
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ABOUT NORAH

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photo credit: Eric Berg
With over 100 leading roles under her belt, Minneapolis-based Norah Long has established ongoing working relationships with such premier companies as the Tony-Award-winning Guthrie Theater, St. Paul's Nautilus Music-Theater (dedicated to the development of new music-theater works), and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, the nation's largest Equity dinner theater. Long has both a thriving musical and non-musical theater career, with classical credits from Strindberg to Shakespeare and contemporary credits from Goetz to Gilman.   [read full bio]

Critical reviews of Norah's work are listed under the Press tab, and current event information can be found in the Box Office.

Recent Awards and Honors

Minneapolis Star Tribune and Lavender Magazine honored Norah as Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance as Mother Superior in Sister Act at Chanhassen Dinner Theaters which ran during 2015-2018.
Broadway World Regional Awards honored Norah with a 2013 Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Marie in Lombardi at St. Paul's History Theatre. She subsequently reprised the role for Theatre L'Homme Dieu in 2014.
TigerLion Arts was awarded an Emmy for their documentary about their touring theatrical production Nature; Norah appears in the film & also served as music director for the production.