Suzan Averitt

Suzan Averitt was chosen for use of an NEA Grant for her theatrical interpretation of religious street literature. She is a member of Directors Lab West and PlayGround Pool Writers 2024. Directing highlights include her stage adaptations for legendary Los Angeles landmark Al’s Bar and Rbitrary, a mash-up of dance/text monologues and dialogues performed in reverse round. She also originated Acting For Animation, which she taught in all the major LA animation studios. Acting accomplishments include solo shows at HFF and EdgeFest, and appearances in film, TV and LA theatre. She was featured in dance ensembles in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Favorite roles include portraying a battling chicken encased in an acrylic Jell-o-filled cage and museum video installations by Paul McCarthy...

Suzan Averitt was chosen for use of an NEA Grant for her theatrical interpretation of religious street literature. She is a member of Directors Lab West and PlayGround Pool Writers 2024. Directing highlights include her stage adaptations for legendary Los Angeles landmark Al’s Bar and Rbitrary, a mash-up of dance/text monologues and dialogues performed in reverse round. She also originated Acting For Animation, which she taught in all the major LA animation studios. Acting accomplishments include solo shows at HFF and EdgeFest, and appearances in film, TV and LA theatre. She was featured in dance ensembles in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Favorite roles include portraying a battling chicken encased in an acrylic Jell-o-filled cage and museum video installations by Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley, including most recently appearing opposite actor James Franco. She was managing editor and art director of satirical site Celebrity Porn Names. She has written/directed several short scripts/films and currently has a feature horror film script winning top honors on the festival circuit. Favorite writing instructors include: Syd Field, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Brett Paesel, Chris Wells, Jeffrey Sweet and Kevin McDonald (KITH). Theatrical training includes extensive study at Strasbergs-LA, Spolin Improv and Suzuki-Viewpoints, as well as physically realized dreamwork based on Sandra Seacat's explorations.

Scripts

Touch

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

They need something tangible today...not a lot, but something. A kind of stepping stone. Can you help?

They need something tangible today...not a lot, but something. A kind of stepping stone. Can you help?

Pink Flower

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

A couple experience some hard truths on a weekend visit to a cabin in Sequoia.

A couple experience some hard truths on a weekend visit to a cabin in Sequoia.

And Then She Died (a snuff play in eight short acts)

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

Preposterous retelling of common children's story, I Knew An Old Lady

Preposterous retelling of common children's story, I Knew An Old Lady

Don't Use That Word in Public

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

A child and their Ma, growing up together

A child and their Ma, growing up together

Mind the Eels, Suh

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

A contemporary American couple traverse their nightmares together

A contemporary American couple traverse their nightmares together

The Mediocracy Experiment

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Liverwurst?
Lady Liberty has some thoughts.

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Liverwurst?
Lady Liberty has some thoughts.

CONVENTIONAL

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

At a small Furry convention, a charming Possum meets her blind date, a debonair Cat, but they are confronted by her soon-to-be ex, a chess mascot

At a small Furry convention, a charming Possum meets her blind date, a debonair Cat, but they are confronted by her soon-to-be ex, a chess mascot

Fred Moonie's Kid

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

The daughter of a theme park proprietor sometimes moonlights as a Tour Guide, if only to fill her desperate need...for food

The daughter of a theme park proprietor sometimes moonlights as a Tour Guide, if only to fill her desperate need...for food

Reaach

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

Two women pass time reaching for peaches and admiring fast cars

Two women pass time reaching for peaches and admiring fast cars

Dear Cootie

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

In the end, it's all about respect.
A young girl and her granny view the passage of a local bug

In the end, it's all about respect.
A young girl and her granny view the passage of a local bug

Uncertain Egg-Town

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

Two women. Two hens. A musical-comedy star. So many feathers. Betrayal and innocence are distorted in this pithy ten-minute exercise in belief and compassion.

Two women. Two hens. A musical-comedy star. So many feathers. Betrayal and innocence are distorted in this pithy ten-minute exercise in belief and compassion.

Orbicularis Iris, A Coma-of-Age Story

by Suzan Averitt

Synopsis

Iris can't wake up. She tries and tries to open her eyes as she lies suspended in the household bathtub. In her mind she interacts with her loving but scattered Mother, her despondent 'Dads', a newly moved in Border (spelled that way on purpose), a brother she never knew and the family Parakeet while they excitedly plan for her Birthday! But Iris is in a coma. Family secrets are revealed and acted out, and a...

Iris can't wake up. She tries and tries to open her eyes as she lies suspended in the household bathtub. In her mind she interacts with her loving but scattered Mother, her despondent 'Dads', a newly moved in Border (spelled that way on purpose), a brother she never knew and the family Parakeet while they excitedly plan for her Birthday! But Iris is in a coma. Family secrets are revealed and acted out, and a surprising chance for romantic love offers Iris a possible escape.