Susan Angelo

Susan Angelo is a Senior Adjunct Faculty Member at California Lutheran University and a highly accomplished professional in the theatre arts. With over 100 leading roles in Shakespeare, classical, and contemporary plays across regional theatres, New York, and Los Angeles, she has worked alongside renowned actors such as Viola Davis, Holly Hunter, and Forest Whitaker. Her performances have been lauded by the Los Angeles Times as "a comic angel" and by Variety for her "uncanny ability to segue from sophisticated haughtiness to burlesque pratfalls."

Her educational qualifications include:

• MFA from George Washington University and The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC
• BFA from the California Institute of the Arts

Ms. Angelo specializes in Shakespeare and classical works, with a particular emphasis on scansion and classical rhetoric. She teaches these disciplines to children, teens, college students, and professional actors. Her teaching appointments have included:

• California Lutheran University
• New York University
• El Camino College
• Claremont Graduate School
• Los Angeles Valley College

Her distinguished career has been recognized with numerous awards:

• Los Angeles Times Critics Award
• LA Weekly Award
• DramaLogue Award
• Ovation Award nomination
• Scenie Award

Susan Angelo is a Resident Artist at A Noise Within in Pasadena and at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, where she also serves as Education Director. Additionally, she owns the Susan Angelo Studio in Santa Monica, furthering her commitment to theatre education and performance.