NOW PLAYING
September 7 and 28, 2022, 6:30pm
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Broadway on the Roof
an open-air cabaret
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​sponsored by Zephyr Theatre
Water Street Inn, overlooking the St. Croix River
includes a 3-course meal and wine pairings
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A Note from Norah

In-person is back. How does it feel? Thrilling? Unnerving? The pandemic has done both a lot of damage and a great service to the performing arts. We have lost performances, income streams, companies, and (most sadly) artists. At the same time, online performing arts opportunities have exploded. As we make our way back to crowded concert halls and jockeying between knees and seats to find our places before the lights go down, many now-reopened arts venues continue to remain vital online. I'm grateful for our arts community's good-humored resilience and tenacity. Here's to a healthier, even more creative and curious future for the arts.  May you and your community also be healthy, creative and curious as we continue to navigate together.
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Sing out loud,  
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photo credit: Sarah Morreim

We sing when our hearts are too full for speech.

"Transparency and integrity are core values in my life and work. On stage, no matter the genre, I strive for a sense of holistic integrity, and I burrow deep to ground each performance choice in reality and honesty. As a singer-actor, I strive tenaciously for a seamlessly-integrated performance, one in which you will know that, when that character sings, it is because their emotions have outgrown spoken word, and when they dance, it is because no movement less expressive will do."
With over 100 leading roles under her belt, Minneapolis-based Norah Long has built an award-winning performance career spanning genres of classical and contemporary drama, musical theater, opera, film, and concert stage. Norah also works as a stage director, music director, teacher, and composer. For more, visit her Biography page.

PRIVATE COACHING SESSIONS

Purpose, presence, power — all are essential for an impactful performance!
Hone your singing, acting, or public speaking technique with private coaching sessions.  
Voice, theater, and business presentation sessions with Norah are available at all levels of experience, both online and in-person. 

Norah has been on theater and voice faculty for NCU's College of Fine Arts since 2015. Formerly, she was a founding member and Lead Teaching Artist with Upstream Arts for 10 years, offering multidisciplinary arts-based curriculum to individuals with disabilities to strengthen social, communication, and self-advocacy skills. 

Hi-Lake Initiatives: A Retrospective

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit and following George Floyd's murder in 2020 which left Norah's neighborhood with deep wounds and needs, Norah spearheaded a cluster of community projects called Hi-Lake Initiatives. Here are some of those stories.

Paint our Peace

#PaintourPeace facilitated community paints on plywood covering the windows of neighborhood businesses, providing supplies and space for every passerby to add their visual voice. 800+ neighbors from preschool to community elders created 5000SF of art in 5 written languages on the boards of a dozen businesses during May-June. See more pictures of the art and artists on Facebook at Paint our Peace.

Common Table South

#CommonTableSouth brought revenue to neighborhood businesses, food to neighbors, and increased connection to the neighborhood via donation-funded, festive, pay-as-able outdoor lunches. In 25 events, CTS served  2,700+ meals and drove $27K of revenue to primarily BIPOC owned and run small food businesses, funded by attendees and sponsors. For photos visit FB@ Common Table South.

TedX Youth Minnetonka

Norah had the privilege of being the closing speaker for a TEDX Youth conference held in Minnetonka MN in 2020, speaking about Hi-Lake Initiatives and her "Year of the Proactive Yes." View that presentation here.

 Pandemic Hymn Sing

#PandemicHymnSing was a series of social media posts of hymns and favorite songs recorded in Norah's home and themed toward comfort, joy, hope, social justice and unity. Find archives on her Instagram and Facebook pages. 

Look Ma! We won an Emmy!

Norah's Nature team won an Emmy Award for the 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 production and performed the role of Nature. 

KUDOS

Norah's "intensely committed" Magda received rave reviews and thundering ovations in Gian Carlo Menotti's gripping and eerily relevant 20C opera The Consul. 
Regional Emmy [Winner] 2018 HISTORIC/CULTURAL/NOSTALGIC - PROGRAM: Nature: Walking with Emerson and Thoreau, Tiger Lion Arts
Best Actress in a Play: Norah Long,  Marie in Lombardi at St. Paul's History Theatre
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Norah Long, Mother Superior in Sister Act at Chanhassen Dinner Theaters; 256 performances

Merchandise

CD - View from Violet Hill

$10.00
includes Norah's thrilling arrangement of A Mighty Fortress created with Bill Chouinard on 108-rank Casavant Pipe Organ and featured on National Public Radio's Pipedreams.

Inspired by her family legacy, the packaging includes an 8-page full-color booklet with lyrics, stories, and photos. Featuring an array of notable musicians and rich instrumentations, listen for a cameo group-sing with The Okee Dokee Brothers, Jennifer Grimm, and others!

Tracks:
This Is My Father's World
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
A Lord-Built House
Kindness, Kindness, Kindness
It Is Well with My Soul
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Be Thou My Vision
In the Sweet By and By
Amazing Grace
Here's One
How Great Thou Art
His Eye Is On the Sparrow
Earth's Last Picture


15 songs, 59 minutes
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CD - Sweethearts of Song

$12.00
Beloved duets of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, MGM's original sweethearts, performed by soprano Norah Long, and baritone Peter Halverson, and accompanied on piano by Skylark Opera Artistic Director Steve Stucki. Long's crystalline soprano and Halverson's warm baritone glisten with nuance and emotional transparency. A not-to-miss for the operetta lover and collector of limited edition recordings!


tracks include:
Sweethearts, Indian Love Call, Dear Little Cafe, I'll See You Again, Wanting You, One Kiss-Stouthearted Men, She Didn't Say Yes, The Desert Song, Only a Rose, Love Me Tonight, Sympathy, The Merry Widow Waltz, Ah Sweet Mystery of Life, Italian Street Song, My Hero, Will You Remember


16 songs, 1 hour 4 minutes
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Paint Our Peace Face Mask

$7.00

Powerful original art reproduced from Hi-Lake Initiatives' Paint our Peace community murals from the summer of 2020. This mural entitled "Hello, My Name Is" measured 8' x 8'. Sold at cost.



3-layer mask: 2 layers of black cotton with one outer layer of polyester. Cotton layers: 95% 150gsm cotton, 5% spandex. Polyester layer: 93% 170gsm polyester, 7% spandex. Black trim. Approximate size: 7'W x 5"H. Machine Wash, Do Not Bleach, Tumble Dry.
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