MICHAEL SUSKO
a Theatrical Director and Choreographer-SDC  

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DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER
Les Miserables                                                   
           
New Bedford Festival Theatre
(MOSS HART MEMORIAL AWARD:  Best Professional Theatrical Production- New England 2007-2008) 
The Producers                                                               New Bedford Festival Theatre 
(Nominated for 4 Motif Magazine Theatre Awards including BEST PRODUCTION and DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR)
Music of the Night
: The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber              Hugenottenhalle, Germany  (German Premiere)
Gypsy (starring Sue Mathys)                                                    New Bedford Festival Theatre 
Hairspray (Sept. 2010)                                                        Cohoes Music Hall
Hello, Dolly! 
(starring Kirsti Carnahan)                                    
Cider Mill Playhouse, NY

8 TRACK-The Sounds of the 70's                                     Cider Mill Playhouse, NY
42nd Street                                                                 The Boston Conservatory Mainstage
In Trousers (award winner)                                                 Studio Theater, Boston

DIRECTOR
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (2010)                      Casa Manana, Fort Worth, TX
(Starring Ruta Lee;  Choreo. Josh Rhodes)
Not My Daughter 
(a new play by Ann Mary Mullane)                     Midtown International Theatre Festival, NYC
All Shook Up  
                                                              
Papermill Theatre, NH
(Nominated for 7 New Hampshire Theatre Awards, Including BEST MUSICAL and BEST DIRECTOR)
Hello, Dolly!   
                                                              New Candlelight Theatre, DE
As Is                                                                           
  Studio Theater, Boston

CHOREOGRAPHER

Funny Girl                                                                     
Westchester Broadway Theatre
Mama, I Want to Sing                                                     Amas Musical Theatre (
New World Stages,NYC)
(w/Melba Moore, Capathia Jenkins, Chuck Cooper and, Maurice Hines)
It Happened In Little Rock (World Premiere)                          Arkansas Repertory Theatre
(dir. Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj)
George M!                                                                    
Theatre by the Sea, RI
42nd Street (Original Gower Champion-dir. George Charbonneau)         New Bedford Festival Theatre
A Little Night Music                                                                   
MIT, Cambridge

ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER

Anything Goes (choreo. Gregory Daniels)                                
TUTS, Houston
A Little Night Music(dir. Darko Tresnak)                                
Goodspeed Opera House
On The Twentieth Century (dir. Ted Pappas)                      G
oodspeed Opera House
Finian’s Rainbow (dir. Malcolm Black)                                  
Walnut Street Theater
Olympus On My Mind (choreo. Sharon Halley)                         
Bristol Riverside Theater
Forever Plaid(choreo. Gregory Daniels)                                   
Bristol Riverside Theater
Carousel (choreo. Peggy Hickey)                                             
Sacramento Music Circus
Brigadoon (choreo. Peggy Hickey)                                           
Sacramento Music Circus
Commerce Bank, Wow Awards (choreo. Gregory Daniels)        
Radio City Music Hall
"Over at the Penny Arcade" Original Number for the Rockettes


EDUCATION
   
BFA in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory /
Concentration in Directing
Gotham Writers Workshop - Advanced Playwriting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

EnCorp Musical Theatre Academy, PA - Musical Theater, Jazz, Tap, Ballet
California Musical Theatre - Outreach & Education Program -Musical Theater

As a performer Michael has appeared in many productions including National Tours (5), European Tours (2), Goodspeed Opera House, PaperMill Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus (4 Seasons), TUTS, TOTS, Walnut Street Theatre, American Musical Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO (2 seasons), Bristol Riverside Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Stages, St. Louis, Maine State Music Theatre, Dallas Summer Musicals, Arvada Center, Lenape PAC, Westchester Broadway, and Radio City Music Hall-NYC (9 seasons)  

 

 

THE LEGACY PROJECT:  It Happened In Little Rock

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