BIOGRAPHY

Born to a sex therapist and a Secret Service Agent in Oklahoma City, Susan’s career in comedy was inevitable. Susan is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater Film & Television. She has studied acting with the late, great Uta Hagen and in Howard Fine‘s Master Class. Susan’s original one-woman show, This Is Your Wake-Up Call! (click here), at The Lost Studio, The Coast Playhouse, and the HBO Workspace earned LA Weekly’s “Pick of the Week” and Dramalogue’s “Critic’s Choice.”

Susan also starred in Del Shores' play, "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife" (click here) at the Zephyr Theatre in Hollywood playing the role of trashy cocktail waitress, "Rayleen Hobbs."  The play won an Ovation Award for "best ensemble."  Del Shores also cast her as "Dr. Eve" in "Sordid Lives" and as "Brother Boy" in "Sordid Lives, It's a Drag."

Susan was also a finalist in "15 Minutes of Fem 3" (click here) a one-person show contest at The Egyptian Arena Theatre.  In addition to performing stand-up comedy, she has studied and performed with The Second City and had a six year run with the improvisational company, Los Angeles TheatreSports at Theater/Theatre.

Additional Los Angeles stage credits include: Crimes of The Heart directed by Garry Marshall with Faith Ford and Crystal Bernard at the Falcon Theater, ISSP at the Pacific Design Center, The Lotto at The Century City Playhouse, The Werewolf Project at The Los Angeles Theater Center, Cross Your Legs at Ma Maison, and Scratch N Sniff at The Ice House - "Comedy Pick of the Week."  In addition, Susan has performed several of her original essays in "Pen to Paper" at the Pacific Resident Theatre.

As a writer, Susan's essay was published in "Virgin Territory: Stories from the Road to Womanhood".  She has written for the Saturday morning animated program, "The Weekenders", and researches and writes content for several websites.

Some television credits include: Joey, Rodney, All of Us, Gilmore Girls, Will & Grace, L.A. Dragnet, Haunted, The O'Keefe's, The George Lopez Show, Drew Carey, Normal,Ohio, SportsNight, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Larry Sanders Show, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Mad About You, Seinfeld, NewsRadio, Third Rock from the Sun, and Murder She Wrote. She appeared opposite Joanna Cassidy in Intermission (click here), in The Sleepwalker Killing with Hilary Swank and she can be seen flirting with Lyle Lovett in the feature, The Opposite of Sex.

Susan is proud to celebrate her 7th anniversary as a volunteer Big Sister with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Los Angeles.