Nor Art

Cosmic Docks: This Is It

March 10, 2025

Use discount code NORA for $10 off or contact me if you need a comp. Tickets here! Things to know about the show and the weekend: It’s happening and you...

Come On Down to the Cosmic Docks - March 13 & 15, Chicago

February 17, 2025

An invite and some backstory from the guts of a big new show.

Questions for 2025

December 31, 2024

Does your step count matter? Did it matter that you donated to the fundraiser? Does it matter if people saw that you did? (Or if they saw how much?) Does it...

YOU'RE INVITED: THE REAL DANCE - SEASON 2 PREMIERE - DECEMBER 5, CHICAGO

November 21, 2024

WATCH. IT. ALL. THE REAL DANCE: SEASON 2 PREMIERE + SEASON 1 RE-SCREENING Starring Alison Kopit, Lichen Bouboushian, and Tuli + Tithi Bera Co-directed by...

Coozies and Zines for Gaza and G.L.I.T.S!

June 27, 2024

Shoutout to my barber. Photo by Ricardo E. Adame Hello gentle newsletter subscribers, On June 12, I premiered my new solo show DISCIPLINE at Steppenwolf...

The Discipline of Being Earnest

May 15, 2024

Dear friends: I’m performing a bunch in June and this is your invitation to join me! But briefly, first: this past weekend I set a goal of raising $1000 from...

The First Thousand

April 12, 2024

When I last wrote to this space, it was to promote and invite you all to Encoreganized, a fundraiser-performance I hosted in Chicago during the March 2024...

Announcing the Artist Lineup for ENCOREGANIZED! Plus Scattered Shine

February 21, 2024

In my last newsletter, I announced and invited you to attend or donate to ENCOREGANIZED: a night of performance by Chicago artist-organizers + fundraiser for...

It’s Time to Get ENCOREGANIZED

February 3, 2024

Greetings everyone, Much could be updated upon personally and commented upon globally since I last sent out a newsletter on October 3, and if you’d really...

October Third: Notes on Queer Canon

October 3, 2023

Access the audio recording of this piece here. Tyler and I were configured unusually: they were lying face up on a hammock, and I was lying face down - above...

Brief Gifts

August 30, 2023

Tl;dr: I’m sending 5 pairs of briefs I tie-dyed to people who would find them gender-affirming. Read on for how this came about and how to request <3The day...

Announcing: Sharp Tank Episodes 1-3

August 21, 2023

SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE even though it's also very chill SHARP TANK 3 nights of casual works-in-progress + conversation featuring a lineup of Chicago artists...

Feeling Meh About Art

July 30, 2023

Access the audio recording of this piece. I rode my bike 16 miles to the performance. It was about half an hour long, it was good, I stuck around a little...

FREE* GAY BOOTS

June 28, 2023

The bottom half of a body mid-jump, feet returning to the ground, while dancing in a screened-in porch with wood built-in benches and trees in the distance....

Spring 2023 Updates: It makes sense, dramaturgically

April 29, 2023

A stand of thin trees and small palms at their feet with blue and white sky behind them, on the coast near St. Mark's Lighthouse, Florida. Spring 2023...

Casting / Collaborator Call! The Real Dance, Season 2

March 21, 2023

A still from The Real Dance, Season 1, Episode 2. In the background are two blurred-out dancers in a room with wood floors and white walls; in the foreground...

BRANDON JOHNSON and everybody else

February 25, 2023

BRANDON JOHNSON and everybody else On Tuesday, February 28, Chicago voters will cast ballots for candidates for city offices. There is a lot to know and a...

Additional Demographic Data Required by This Year's Individual Artist Grant Application

January 10, 2023

Thank you for beginning your application to this year's Individual Artist Grant. In order to gain a more thorough understanding of the context and needs of...

A Series of Recommendations

December 18, 2022

A Series of Recommendations Image: Interior of the Garden Studio at the Hambidge Center. A long, wide hardwood floor, with white walls and ceilings; there...

Winter Biking: Poetic

December 16, 2022

Winter Biking: Poetic Image: an east-facing panorama of a Chicago alley view at sunset: the backs of multi-unit buildings, a blurry edge of pink and yellow...

Winter Biking: Practical

December 15, 2022

Winter Biking: Practical Image: Nora's bike, a red 1980s Bianchi frame with black and silver wheels, fenders, pedals, & seat; black Bar Mitts on both...

Am I a Bad Dancer, a Big Fucking Baby, or Just Trans??

October 14, 2022

3,400+ words on learning culture, technical striving, and the dysphoria of it all Access the audio recording of this piece read aloud. Here’s a list: Bare...

Nor Art: Specialness is Unsustainable / Upcoming Performances / Come On Out for the Continued Socialist Takeover of Chicago 2023

August 29, 2022

Welcome This is the first time I've sent out this newsletter, and it feels both cool and weird. Every choice I make I'm like, is this what people do? If so,...