Performer
Susanne is an award winning, internationally recognized performer. Her comedic storytelling work has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, The Moth, HBO’s Inspiration Room and WGBH Stories from the Stage. Susanne was named “The Best of the Valley Voices” by New England Public Media and the Academy of Music Theater in 2016 and 2022. In 2021, she received a Webby Award from the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Susanne has been a featured performer in The Boston Woman in Comedy Festival The SheDot Toronto Comedy Festival and on stages from Maine to Alaska.
Speaker
Susanne’s experience as a licensed clinical mental health counselor and graduate professor, provides her listeners with a unique perspective on the healing power of stories. Her compelling and humorous presentations assist participants, staff, leadership teams, and board members to understand the neuroscience behind our stories and how to use the power of first-person narrative for good!
Susanne works with a host of mission-driven organizations. She develops workshops and private events for communities of people who want to apply the craft of storytelling to build teams, inspire culture, and elevate communication. Susanne is an instructor for MothWorks and is a teaching artist at The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. She provides organizational, group, and individual storytelling coaching.
Producer
Susanne is a Regional StorySLAM Producer for The Moth Radio Hour and a producer for GBH Stories from the Stage. She produces events for organizations across the country designed to promote the ‘Power of Stories for Good.’
Using her experience as a storyteller, coach and teacher, Susanne produces individualized fundraising events, retreats and community celebrations designed with the intent of highlighting the mission and achievements unique to each organization she works with.
Biggest-Headed Baby
Perhaps her proudest accomplishment (according to her family) is that Susanne was a ‘good listener’ from a very early age…