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Actor Bio

Susanna hails from Hell's Kitchen, NYC, As an actor, she co-starred on Broadway in The Nerd, and was the stand by for Cherry Jones in Stepping Out directed by Tommy Tune. Off Broadway credits include Toulouse Lautrec at American Place Theatre, The Enchanted at York Theatre, 5th of July at ELT and new plays at E.S.T., Soho Rep, Playwrights Horizons/Drama League, Womens Project, New Dramatists and The Lark. She is a member of Circle East (formerly Circle Rep), The WorkShop Theater Co., and The Dramatist's Guild. Regional work includes leads in: The Glass Menagerie, Dinner With Friends, A Dolls House, Benefactors, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Marvins Room. She's appeared on several Law and Orders, N.B.C., all NYC soaps and film includes Uptown Girls. Susanna wrote and performed the award-winning play Ellen Terry around the U.S. She has studied acting with Bill Esper - two year Meisner Training, 5 years with Michael Howard, with Uta Hagen and Carol Rosenfeld, Riverside Shakespeare, Tim Phillips, and for voice Ed Dixon, Kristen Linklater. Current coach is Ted Sluberski. Before all that, she toured the USA with American Ballet Theatre and the Joffrey Ballet.

AEA SAG AFTRA SDC

The Dramatists Guild

N.Y. THEATRE:

BROADWAY:

THE NERD Tansy (lead) Helen Hayes Theatre

Charles Nelson Reilly, Dir.

STEPPING OUT lead standby Golden Theatre

for Cherry Jones Tommy Tune, Dir.

OFF BROADWAY:

OCEAN VIEW ODYSSEY Beth (lead) Atlantic The Co.

GLOBAL VILLAGE Linda (lead) Playwrights Horizons

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC Jane Avril American Place Theatre

THE ENCHANTED Isobel York Theatre Company

STAR OF HOPE Samme Ensemble Studio Theatre

YOKOHAMA DUTY Frankie Soho Rep.

WOMAN WHO LAUGHED Mary Womens Project

5TH OF JULY Gwen E.L.T.

SPOILS OF WAR Elise WorkShop Th. Co.

REGIONAL THEATRE/TOUR:

THE GLASS MENAGERIE Amanda (lead) Fulton Opera House

DINNER WITH FRIENDS Karen Cuillo Centre, WPB, FL. Jack Hofsiss, Dir.

GASLIGHT Bella Queens Theatre in the Park . & N.E. Tour - Rob Urbinati, Dir.

MARVINS ROOM Bessie Helen Hayes Perf. Arts Ctr

PETER PAN (orig. play) Mrs. Darling Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY- Jon Jory, Dir.

KING O THE MOON Ellen Pazinski Seven Angels Theatre, CT

Dennis Delaney, Dir.

IN SERVICE Emma " Don Amendolia. Dir.

OUR DALY BREAD Mary Margaret "

A DOLL'S HOUSE Nora Scandinavia Festival Th.

ARMS & THE MAN Raina Cooperstown Th. Festival

Gavin Cameron-Webb, Dir.

BENEFACTORS Jane So. Jersey Regional Th.

WITNESS FOR THE Romaine Dorset Theatre Festival, VT

PROSECUTION John Morrison, Dir.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS Helena North Shore Music Th., MA

DREAM/ MY FAIR LADY U/S Eliza " "

DIAL M FOR MURDER Margot Woodstock Playhouse, NY

ELLEN TERRY Ellen Award winning one person play

Written by Susanna Frazer Tours NYC, and USA

Member - SDC, Dramatists Guild, The WorkShop Theater Co. Circle East (Formerly Circle Rep)

FILM/TELEVISION (includes):

LAW AND ORDER Judy Drucker (lead) Michael Watkins, Dir.

" " Jane Landis Matt Penn, Dir.

ONE FINE DAY Anne Columbia

MUNSEGGO Amalia (lead) Tribeca Prod. Robert DeNiro, Prod.

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES Deidre N.B.C. Primetime

AS THE WORLD TURNS Debbie (5 years)C.B.S.

All N.Y. Soaps Principal

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TRAINING: Wm. Esper two year Meisner Program,

Michael Howard 4 years+, Nikos Psacharopoulous of Williamstown Theatre Festival at The Juilliard School (Prof. guest artist) Stella Adler Studio with Mary Beth Easley, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - Summer Program , HB Studios - Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld, Rochelle Oliver, Austin Pendleton

Voice: Ed Dixon, Kristen Linklater, Paul Gavert

Dance: A.B.T., Joffrey Ballet, Steps

Improv: Chicago City Limits, West End Stand-Up Comedy

Dialects: Deborah Stern English, Irish, Russian, French, Southern, etc.

EDUCATION: Marymount Manhattan College / SUNY Empire State Coll. BA in Theatre, MFA Theater- Brooklyn College, 2010

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