Susan Isaacs is a writer, actor, and comedienne with many credits in TV, film, stage and radio. She teaches screenwriting and sketch comedy at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Aside from a year in London and several years in New York City, Susan has spent most of her time in Southern California.
Acting
Susan’s acting credits include Planes Trains & Automobiles, Scrooged, Seinfeld, My Name Is Earl, Parks & Recreation, and more. She is an alumnus of the famed Groundlings Sunday Company. While living in New York City, she started King Baby Comedy with actors Tony Hale, Jeannie Noth-Gaffigan and Todd Wilkerson.
She co-starred in the feature comedy Change Your Life, with Tony Plana, and recently completed work on Rideshare, the first movie shot entirely on the iPhone4. Susan is currently developing a solo show based on her memoir, Angry Conversations With God, and works out with Monkey Butler Improv.
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Writing
Susan’s literary debut, Angry Conversations With God, was named a top-ten religion book of 2009 by Publisher’s Weekly and Relevant magazine, and earned rave reviews and endorsements. The book is now out in paperback and audio, and is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever classy books are sold.
— ”Funny, biting, earthy and brilliant.” Publisher’s Weekly
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In addition, she wrote DirecTV’s holiday specials hosted by Darrell Waltrip and Amy Grant, and has consulted on many scripts, including the Blue Like Jazz movie. She’s contributed her original essays to Minnesota Public Radio’s Weekend America, Fresh Yarn, Burnside Writers Collective, and Steve Brown Etc. She’s performed at the Comedy Central Stage and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade theater.
Susan has an MFA in screenwriting from the University Of Southern California. She teaches screenwriting, sit com and sketch comedy at Azusa Pacific University, and will teach graduate screenwriting at Pepperdine University in 2011-12.
