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SUS
NEWS
updated
6/15/10
I have pals in the business who faithfully send out monthly reports, or at the very least update their sites ... and then there is me. It's been a YEAR since I updated. Yikes! So sorry, but at least there is a lot to say!
Much has happened (concerts, life, babies!!). I'll fill you in below and also promise to write more often, since writing is what I aspire to do now that my performing is taking a backseat to motherhood (for the next few years). Still, I've had some incredible performance opportunities this past year, including the Kennedy Center, Symphonies, and so much more ... so you never know!!
I hope you all are well!
Check out the updates on other pages of the site as well, and as always feel free to write to me!
xo,
Sus
MASTER TEACHING
I've been teaching master classes for over a decade now at universities across the nation, I also spent a year in 2003 as the Interim Artistic Director for the Orange County High School of the Arts, and now this year I'm thrilled to be on the faculty at UCLA for the US Performing Arts Camp in Musical Theatre. I am looking forward to working with the staff (especially pal Danny Gurwin who is heading the program this year) and the amazingly talented kids!
Teaching a class for the students at Pepperdine University this year.
ALL KNOCKED UP (again)!
 
Georgia Stitt and I enjoyed writing and performing this new cabaret act while we were both expecting our second daughters. With humor and visible bloating, we had the pleasure of entertaining folks at New York's Metropolitan Room, at Catalina's in Hollywood as well as Georgia's church in LA and a beautiful venue in OC benefitting the Chance Theatre. For those who came -- thanks!!
LIVE ON PAGE
 I started working for a company called LIVE ON PAGE, which provides the kind of technology found on my home page -- me talking to you! Spending the last year mostly pregnant didn't offer much opportunity to film these animated messages for other clients ... except one. If you want to see me fat, you can, by going to lifebankusa.com. Life Bank USA is an exceptional company that banks newborn's cord blood -- which with the advances of science can literally save that child or a family member's life. I was proud to be a part!
To learn more, you can visit: www.liveonpage.com.
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THE BEST JOB EVER!!
Lucky Me! Tarbell Realty hired me for a second year to star in their concert awards event. This year .... MY FAIR LADY! I had directed the play, but never actually performed in it, so I was thrilled to play Eliza Doolittle with the most stellar cast ever and an enormous orchestra on stage under the direction of Emmy-winning Mark Watters! Coming just 8 weeks after Isla was born, I knew I had some treadmill hours to spend -- lucky for me, that's when I learned my lines. The whole experience, from working alongside some of my best Bway Pals (Hugh Panaro,Cathy Newman, Nita Whitaker, and more), new pals like the incredible Christopher Cazenove as Henry Higgins, the inspiring Young Americans and our directors: Bill and Robyn Brawley -- this is one of the most special experiences I've had as a performer. Thank you to Betsy and Don Tarbell! Color me happy!
 
a publicity photo, in a big hat. with the GREAT Chris Cazenove, who very sadly and suddenly passed
away in April. I am so honored to have
shared the stage with him.
after the show with Kevin, Hugh and Cathy
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The Music of Frank Loesser
Good friend and head of ASCAP's musical theatre division, Mickael Kerker, called this year with a wonderful opportunity. He invited me to be a part of the Kennedy Center series, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, which highlights the careers of legendary composers in an informal format of music performance and interviews with the composer, or in this case the late composer's wife, Jo Sullivan Loesser. So I joined Ron Raines and Noah Racey as well as Emily (Frank's talented daughter!) and Jo Loesser to showcase this iconic man! Lucky me ... we are scheduled to take the same concert to Atlanta and Miami this coming year!
Returning to the Kennedy Center was such a joy, especially since my sister, Liz, who lives in NY took the train down to baby sit 4-month-old Isla backstage!
 
backstage: with the gang and Lizzy with Isla, who was down for the count. |
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Broadway Rocks
 
at orchestra rehearsal with pal Kelly Boaz and fellow performer Doug LaBrecque
in Buffalo. And with concert producer and manager, John Such, I saw Niagra Falls -- so cool!
Enjoyed another set of Broadway Rocks concerts with pals, Capathia Jenkins, Hugh Panaro, Doug LaBrecque and Darius de Haas. We played the Buffalo Symphony (4 months pregnant), Atlanta Symphony (7 months preggers) and Colorado Symphony (5 months post!) Phew!
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A MOTHER'S INDULGENCE |
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Most of my time now is family-oriented, so I suppose I should represent that in my update. =)
We had an exciting addition to the family this year -- on December 15th, 2009, little Isla McKay Hartmann was born. [Pronounced "Eye-lah," for those wondering.] Big sister Nina has been AMAZING from the start! And as I write today Isla turns 6 months! It's flying by already! Rob and I are blown away by it all.
 
The moment they met! A Happy "Smile-ah" with Daddy's
eyes.
 
.... how I spent most of the year looking! This May in Hawaii with the girls!
Nina couldn't WAIT to be a big sister!
What are their personalities like? In a nutshell ... this says it all.
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