NORA SAMOSIR has been a professional theatre practitioner since 1984, acting in more than 100 stage productions. She has also appeared on television and in feature and short films. Nora is also a dramaturg who has worked on theatre and opera productions. Since 2018, Nora has been part of the duo Wandering Women with Bharatanatyam dancer Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara. They have devised and performed three work-in-progress performances entitled Wandering Women: Water (2018), Wandering Women: From Kurukshetra to Magdala (2019) and Wandering Women: Sites (2024), all iterations of their practice research performance project based on the lives of Draupadi and Mary Magdalene. As a teacher, previously at the National University of Singapore, her two main areas of specialty in Theatre Studies were voice studies and acting. Currently at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, she is the Voice and Text specialist in the BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre programmes of the School of Dance and Theatre. In addition to her voice work with actors, Nora has conducted voice workshops for the general public.
Last Updated: February 2024