Susan has parlayed her ten years as a high school teacher into a promising comedy career. (Ironically, the former teacher was a high school dropout - probably because she didn't "just say no to drugs" until 20 years later.) In the classroom, she delivered facts and nurtured young minds; on stage this comedian turns truths inside out through gentle sarcasm.
Susan's braved weather, traffic, and speed traps throughout the country to bring her edgy, honest comedy to the stage. Don't be fooled by her "PTA Mom" appearance - she can take a sailor down a peg or two. Her philosophy about comedy is simple: "the truth doesn't have to hurt; it's also not G-rated." Paradoxically, what's most refreshing about her approach is that she doesn't use her disregard for the G-rating as a license to be crude. "I'm an adult, people in the audience are adults - we can talk about grown-up stuff without being overly graphic or nasty about it. On the other hand, if you're an adult who freaks out over a little cuss word here or there, I don't know what to tell you - maybe 'get well soon?'”
After a decade of snorting chalk dust in the Pacific Northwest, Susan moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Double-dared to take the stage during Open-Mic Night at a local comedy club, she made some people laugh and has been hooked ever since. Susan was a finalist in last year's Oklahoma's Funniest Person Contest.
An "endorphin dealer" and proud of it, Susan wholeheartedly believes there's no better medicine than laughter. "Life's full of hurdles: sometimes we're stopped by them, which is sad; sometimes we leap over them, which is great; I frequently trip over them - that's just funny."
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David Beck
