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Scott
Suso ng
Artistic Director and Executive Producer
As
the Artistic Director of Curtain Call Productions, LLC, Scott Susong
recently CO-produced, directed and designed the world premiere of Lindbergh
Baby Kidnapped; a new musical, at Baltimore's Theatre Project
featured in American Theatre's January 2002 issue as well as
presented a reading of Deceptions: Wind of Change another new
musical at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters. Scott was last seen on
stage as the Soldier in the 2003 concert version of Jesus Christ
Superstar starring Yvonne Elliman, and featuring the UTEP Symphony
Orchestra and guest Sir Tim Rice. Other stage credits include the
1996-97 international tour of The Sound of Music (Rolf), starring
Marie Osmond. It was featured as part of the 100 Days of Wonder
as Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty. (Off-Broadway) Ziggy
in Tycoon, at the John Houseman & Douglas Fairbanks Theaters;
(Off-Off Broadway) Ali/PJ in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at The
Duplex; (Regional) The Lisbon Traviata (Mike), Cabaret
(Cliff), The Baltimore Waltz (Carl), A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Demetrius), and Camelot (Arthur & Lancelot). BA in
Theatre from the University of Texas at El Paso, MFA in Theatre from
Towson University, 14 productions with UDT, including: Into the Woods
(Baker), Metropolis (Steven), Blood Brothers (Edward), City
of Angels (Stine), Joseph . . . Dreamcoat (Joseph – 10th
Anniversary Production), Guys & Dolls (Nathan Detroit), and Oklahoma!
(Curly). (Concert) An Evening with Tim Rice w/Sir Tim Rice. For
the past six years Scott has been working predominantly as a director
and designer. He made his Baltimore directing debut with his new
version of the classic American musical, The Pajama Game, on the
Towson University Mainstage in 1999. Among his favorite directing
and design credits are a revised version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
using puppets and American Folk Art, The Miracle Worker, The
World Goes Round, a film noir Antigone, COLE, Fiddler
on the Roof with a 20-foot puppet as Fruma-Sarah, Cabaret,
and Spalding Gray's intimate Rivkala's Ring. Scott was a
member of the staff for the January 2000 ITI/TCG International
Conference for Theatre Makers & Trainers:
International Origins for New Theatre Practice: keynote, Anne Bogart and
a participant in the September 2000 West Coast Musical Theatre
Conference: keynote, Julie Taymor. He is a 2001 recipient of the
Towson Graduate Student Association Award and has taught Musical Theatre
Performance in the undergraduate program at TU. He is currently
the Director of Upper School Theatre at the Roland
Park Country School where his directing credits include Stage Door, Annie Get
Your Gun, The Good Woman of Setzuan, I Never Saw Another
Butterfly, and producing Alan Ball's Five Women Wearing the Same
Dress. He recently took a group of students to work at the
Globe Theatre in London and is also the Associate Academy Director for
The Summer Academy for the Arts where he has directed the original piece
The Poe Project, as well as Annie and Once on this
Island. He is the proud father of five-year-old Elijah and he
and wife Cristen are expecting a baby girl in October 2003. He is
currently preparing to direct the musical version of Two Gentlemen of
Verona by Galt MacDermot, John Guare and Mel Shapiro based on the
original Shakespeare play.
UDT Credits:
Into the Woods (Baker)
Andrew Lloyd Webber –The Songs (Soloist)
Evita (III [Ensemble/Che understudy])
Baby
(Danny)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (III 10th
Anniversary [Joseph])
An Evening with Tim Rice (Soloist)
Chess (II [Arbiter])
42nd Street (Billy Lawler)
City of Angels (Stinei)
Tycoon (Ziggy)
Oklahoma! (Curly)
Metropolis (II [Steven])
Blood Brothers (Edward Lyons)
Guys & Dolls (Nathan Detroit)
1996 UDT Distinguished Service Award recipient
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