Susan Messing

Susan Messing is a director and actress living in Chicago. She graduated from Northwestern University and was a performer on The Second City mainstage. Messing is an ensemble member of Annoyance Theatre. She has performed in "The Real Live Brady Bunch" and directed "What Every Girl Should Know... An Ode to Judy Blume" based on the work of Judy Blume. She performed on NBC's Late Friday and Comedy Central's Premium Blend along with her puppet Jolly after showcasing at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Her critically-acclaimed improvised show, Messing With a Friend, is in its third year, currently playing at the Annoyance.

Susan teaches and performs at the Annoyance Theatre and the Improv Olympic. She also teaches improvisational comedy for DePaul University , The University of Chicago and Loyola University. Her essays have been published in The Second City Almanac of Improvisation and in Charna Halpern's book, Art By Committee.

Susan was born on December 26, 1963 in Perth Amboy, N.J. and grew up in Short Hills, NJ.

She is known to use the word "horny" in place of "hello".

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* [http://ut.uchicago.edu/lecturers.shtml]
* [http://theatreschool.depaul.edu/faculty_staff.php?id=49]