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Susan completed Season 2
of the WB's Nikki
Susan
portrayed the Steamy & Sexy, Snide and Sarcastic Mary Campbell on
the WB's Sunday night sitcom, NIKKI.
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MANY
MOODS OF MARY |
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L-R: Catholic School
Girl, The Be-headed, Santa's Little helper, Godzilla Girl
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L-R: Hillbilly,
Cockroach, Prison Guard?, Knife Thrower
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L-R: Wedding Bells,
Showgirl
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AMY'S
VIEW
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Susan played the title
character of Amy in the Long Beach International City Theater's
production of David Hare's play, Amy's View, opposite long-time
pal, Carol Lawrence.
The production was
directed by Jessica Kubzansky and the cast included: John Berczeller,
Thomas Patrick Kelly, Shelly Kurtz and Patricia Place.
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UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN |
 Susan
spent a few sweltering (but fun) summer weeks under the big tent
starring as Molly Brown in the Sacramento Music Circus' production of The
Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Pictured at left
with co-star Christopher Carl.
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DISNEY'S
SPIRITED AWAY
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Susan
supplies the voice of the character Lin, a no-nonsense bathhouse girl
who dreams of the outside world, for the English version of Japan's
all-time top-grossing film, Spirited Away. The movie
premiered in September 2002. By Hayao Miyazaki, the latest
masterpiece from the creator of My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa,
and Princess Mononoke! Spirited Away tells the story of
Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl who moves to the suburbs with her parents.
Once there, she begins to explore her new surrounding, wandering into
a mysterious town that turns out to be an "other world" of
gods and monsters, ruled over by the witch Yu-Baaba!
Chihiro (left) and
Lin have their work cut out for them cleaning up after a foul-smelling
monster.
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GRANT
PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Susan
sang with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Christopher Bell,
Conductor; Susan Egan, Soprano; Debbie Gravitte, Mezzo Soprano; Rob
Evan, Tenor; William Michals, Bass
Witty, sophisticated, even naughty - the music of Cole Porter never
fails to delight. Direct from New York, four Broadway greats join the
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus to present Cole Porter's most beloved
melodies. |
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with, from Left: Rob Evan (Jekyl & Hyde) and Debbie Gravitte
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| GOTTA
KICK IT UP |
 Susan
stars in the popular Disney Channel's original Movie, Gotta Kick It
Up as an ex-"dot.com" executive turned schoolteacher who
takes a handful of Latina schoolgirls and motivates them to become a
championship dance team. There's five girls, five different
personalities and one major dance competition. Susan's character,
Heather Burke helps this mismatched group of Latina girls to put aside
their differences and come together as a team.
Susan is pictured in
the hair/makeup trailer on location of the filming of Gotta Kick It Up,
having just been introduced to her blonde wig.
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BALTIMORE
CENTERSTAGE CONCERT
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20, 2002 (solo act) |
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Susan
was the evening's entertainment for Baltimore CenterStage's annual black
tie gala. She presented an hour concert before joining the sold
out crowd for dinner and gala festivities. She spent quite a long
time signing her new cd, So Far..., for many of the guests. She
enjoyed returning to one of the first homes for Triumph of Love prior to
it's Broadway run.
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HANNAH
FREE
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Susan
directed a staged reading of the Claudia Allen play Hannah Free
for the Blank
Theatre Company.
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Hannah
Free is the story of Hannah, an independent
spirit, and Rachel, the homebody she loves all her life. The play
opens in a nursing home where an elderly Hannah is not allowed to see
a comatose Rachel who is just down the hall. Denied Rachel,
Hannah visits with Rachel's spirit. It's a story about living
and loving and letting go... a fiction about all the real women who've
loved each other for decades and decades.
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FALLING
IN LOVE
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Mid-March,
Susan shot a short film, Falling In Love, about a
flight attendant killed on the job. Shot in flashback
sequences, the entire movie is what Susan's character thinks
about just before dying -- the most important moments in
life ... falling in love. It's based on a true story.
Susan
is pictured at right with Falling In Love
"husband" and co-star, Robert Casey.
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ARLI$$
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Susan
plays the choreographer for the Clipper girls. Arliss is falling
for her even though she is in love with the team owner, played by
Keith Carradine.
A fun twist in the
plot leads to a Fred and Ginger-type dance with Susan's character and
Arliss.
This episode airs on
HBO in June of 2002!
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NYPD BLUE EPISODE
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Susan
was thrilled to shoot an episode of NYPD Blue. She got to play
opposite the Emmy Award winning true-talent (and super nice guy, in
Susan's words), Dennis Franz.
This episode airs on
ABC on March 12, 2002.
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| OLYMPIC
TORCH RELAY - UNIVERSAL CITY WALK |
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Susan
was the featured soloist and sang the official 2002 Olympic Torch
Relay song, Carry The Flame, as the torch came through Los
Angeles on the way to it's final destination in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Susan was backed by America's
Kids for the Ceremony held at Universal City Walk on Tuesday,
January 15th. Susan and America's Kids provided the
entertainment for the evening as the crowd awaited the torch's
arrival. It was an historical and incredibly moving evening.
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Left: Susan and America's Kids share in the excitement as Arnold
Schwarzenegger receives the olympic flame from Olympian Rafer Johnson
and then lights the Ceremonial Cauldron. |
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Right: Susan singing during the ceremony prior to the torch's arrival |
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Left: Susan on the "big screen" |
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Right: Susan sings, backed by America's Kids |
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