Susan Murray

Artistic and Professional Accomplishments

Contact Information: act4susan00@yahoo.com

Voicemail: 0615868499

TEACHING

 Private English instructor for adults and children in Paris, France.

 University of Melbourne, taught graduate students, acting skills, public speaking, and English.
 Acting Workshops for Indigenous communities.
 Workshops for International students in Voice and Speech
 Three years adjunct Professor at Florida International University (Acting, Theatre Appreciation and
Playwriting)
 Lynn University, Intro to Film
 Taught customized improvisation workshops to all age groups (Public and Private Schools, Art
organizations) uses handmade puppets, props, and recycled articles from daily life.
 Taught theatre improvisation techniques to gifted and impoverished children in the United States.
 Private Coach for actors in the Chicago, Miami, and Melbourne, Austrialia (Professional and non-
professional).
 Experienced instructor with special needs populations, all ages.

AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

 Academic Merit Award for graduate work at University of Miami 2008
 State of Florida Scholarship for graduate study at University of Miami 2006-07
 Film Studies Department Scholarship in School of Communications at University of Miami 2005
 Florida International University Deans List
 Florida International University Outstanding Contribution Award (Department of Theatre/Dance) 2002
 Member South Florida Theatre League

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 New York University, Liberal Arts
 New School for Social Research, acting, writing
 HB Studios, Barbara Coggin, Uta Hagen
 National Shakespeare Conservatory, graduate
 Second City (Training Center), graduate
 Florida International University (B.A. Theatre)
 University of Miami, Master of Arts in Film Studies, 2007
 MA Thesis –The Female Social Activist in American Cinema, A New Genre
 American University of Paris, MA in Global Communications, 2010

PROFESSIONAL WORK
 Performed over fifty original one person shows (Chicago, Miami)
 Author of three produced one act theatre productions (Chicago, Miami)
 Reviewed in Chicago Reader.
 Performed at Second City, Public Theatre, N.Y. Shakespeare Festival, Colony Theatre, Area Stage,
Chicago Dramatists, Links Hall, Bass Museum, Miami Art Museum, Main St. Cafe, Stephen Talkhouse,
Stella Blue, WLRN, Chicago Dramatists, etc.
 Without Shoes selected for Around the Coyote Theatre Festival (Chicago)
 Extended run given to Without Shoes, Avenue Theatre, Chicago
 Founded two theatre companies (Chicago, Miami) I've Had IT Theatre Company & Spitfire Productions
 Member Chicago Dramatists
  Original Co-Founder of Performing Arts Network (Miami)
 Reader for Second Stage (N.Y.C.) assistant to dramaturgy
 Fundraiser for Chicago Film Festival (two seasons)
 Requested to auction classes for New World Symphony (Miami)
 Read and performed in over two hundred staged readings
 Women Studies Conference 2007 presenter for Florida International University- published original study
 Co-produced and performed in Most Massive Woman, a fundraiser for eating disorders. Performed at
Florida International University and New Theatre (Miami)

BIOGRAPHY
Susan Murray is a veteran actress who has worked at the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theatre,
Pan Asian Repertory Company, Theatre Works, Second Stage and countless Chicago comedy clubs, including,
Link’s Hall, Boombala’s, Orphans, and Second City. Susan has written, performed, and produced original material
at theatres and nightclubs in New York, Chicago and Miami. She has worked with Diane Burroughs, Kelly
Magillis, Bill Hicky, Barbara Barrie, Mary Beth Hurt, Vince Gardenia, Marcia Mason, Betty Buckley, Rusty
Schwimmer, and Cheryl Hamada, to name a few.

Susan trained at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in Manhattan, and studied with renowned acting
teacher Uta Hagen. In South Florida, she has performed at the Colony Theatre, Area Stage, The Bass Museum,
Miami Art Museum, Acme Theatre, Joseph Caleb Auditorium, Stephen Talkhouse and Lincoln Road's Stella
Blue. Susan has opened for people such as Nil Lara, Natural Causes, The Mavericks, Judy Tenuta, and
Bonnie Hunt. She has been interviewed on WDNA, Channel 17, Channel 2,and WLRN.

For the past 15 years, Susan has been in Miami performing, teaching acting, and creating art programs such as
comedy improvisation workshops for all population groups, children, teens, adults, and special needs.

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TESTIMONIALS

"I can think of few other artists who have combined the talent for acting and writing with the altruistic
concern for the development of others in the integrated way that makes for a gifted teacher." —Albert
Schoemann, Director, National Shakespeare Conservatory

"I am certain she would be an excellent role model for anyone considering a career in the performing arts."
—Shari Arison, Arison Foundation Inc.