Positions
Biography
SUSAN CLAASSEN is celebrating her thirty-seventh anniversary with the Invisible Theatre (IT) of Tucson, Arizona. As Managing Artistic Director, she has produced more than 375 productions and directed more than ninety. Susan has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association (the professional actors’ union) since 1969, a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and the Costume Society of America. Susan created the role of Edith Head in the current touring production of A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD (www.edithhead.biz) which played to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, London’s West End and recently had its acclaimed Ovation Recommended Los Angeles premiere! Some of her other most memorable roles have been Bella in LOST IN YONKERS, Alice B. Toklas in GERTRUDE STEIN AND A COMPANION, Hannah in CROSSING DELANCEY, Shirley in SHIRLEY VALENTINE, Theda in IT HAD TO BE YOU, Trudy and all in THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE and most recently Vi in NATIVES. In addition to her work with the Invisible Theatre, she has been a consultant and director for the Waterfront Playhouse and The Red Barn Theatre in Key West, Florida, and directed Steve Ross in I WON’T DANCE at New York’s famed Rainbow and Stars Cabaret and St. Paul's prestigious Ordway Theatre. Susan was the 1999 City of Hope “Spirit of Life” honoree, received Tucson’s “Humanitarian Torch Award” for her work on behalf of people living with AIDS and performs as a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She was selected as one of Tucson Lifestyle’s 10 Most Admired Women and was honored by The Jewish Federation in 2009 as one of Tucson’s 13 extraordinary women. She was most recently selected as one of Tucson Pima Arts Council’s 25th anniversary honorees. Susan dedicates her work to the living memory of her beloved mother, Goldie.
Productions
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Playwright A Conversation with Edith Head (2010) |
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Actor A Conversation with Edith Head (2010) |
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Scenic Designer A Conversation with Edith Head (2010) |
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Sound Designer A Conversation with Edith Head (2010) |
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Prop Designer A Conversation with Edith Head (2010) |
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Playwright Hamlet (2011) |
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Actor A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD (2011) |
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Playwright A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD (2011) |
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Scenic Designer A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD (2011) |
