Suzanne Roussin is a contemporary comedienne, writer, actor, musician, and public speaker.
Suzanne Michelle Roussin was born in St. Louis, MO to musician parents, and subsequently grew up as a child of the working-class entertainment industry. Suzanne began publicly performing at age 2, and before turning 12 she was hired by the St. Louis Musician's Union as a studio singer for recordings of children's music demos. She went on to sing and provide the voices for a special Christmas album collection, highlighting the work of various songwriters from St. Louis.
While continuing some work in music and theater, as a teenager Suzanne began doing more writing and public speaking, and her subject matter leaned more and more toward social issues and humanitarian rights. At age 15, she received a call from Congressman Joe Kennedy, Jr., and was invited to come to Washington, D.C. and work with a bipartisan committee intending to draft what is now known as the Children's Bill Of Rights. To date, the Children's Bill Of Rights has been adapted in over 70 countries, and is the basis for many international laws used by Amnesty International to intercede on behalf of abused and exploited children around the world.
Upon her return to St. Louis, Suzanne worked in independent film and continued writing both fiction and non-fiction. As she was a columnist and performing arts' reviewer for Intermission Magazine, she was also publishing her first collection of experimental fiction "Monsters In The Madness" and won several awards for her poetry. Suzanne began working in marketing and copywriting, then returned to writing for print media at Alive Magazine.
While filming in St. Louis for Angst Pictures, writer and friend David Wraith introduced Suzanne to Robert Mitchell, a Kevin Kline Award Winner and director of The NonProphet Theater Company and its sketch comedy show The Militant Propaganda Bingo Machine (winning several awards for best comedy, variety show, ensemble cast, etc., over the next several years until it's disbandment in 2012). In 2006 she joined the show as a full-time writer and cast member. Suzanne was known for creating some of the sketches considered "classic" by the show's fans, and for her impersonations of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Anna Nicole Smith, and Madonna, to name a few.
In 2010, after several years of writing and performing sketch comedy, Suzanne began teaching and contributing material to comedians and other comedy shows until venturing out on her own as a stand-up comic. She won "best new comic" and placed in two other local competitions her first year. She has since performed all around the midwest, at both the RNC (Republican National Convention) and Rock the Vote campaigns, and was one of four comics in Tim Bone and Friends' Summer Comedy Tour. Most recently, Suzanne was named one of St. Louis' funniest comics and was a nominee and semifinalist for top comic in The Riverfront Times' Standup Comedy Throwdown 2014.
In 2012, Suzanne Roussin began Lizard Entertainment and wrote, produced, and hosted One More Laugh, a live variety show series geared to showcase various artists, musicians, and comedians hailing from the underground indie scene of Saint Louis.
In addition to stand-up comedy, Suzanne guest performs with several bands around St. Louis, covering a wide variety of popular musicians from Adele to June Carter. She sings and plays several instruments, including piano and autoharp. Suzanne also writes her own music and lyrics, and performs some of her original songs as part of her comedy. She is currently collaborating with other St. Louis indie musicians to record sometime in 2015.
Suzanne Roussin has made appearances on television shows and podcasts such as Party Animal Radio, The Itchy Show, Laughter In Da Lou, Joshua Proctor's Favorite Things, etc. She has written and performed for several live shows highlighting Saint Louis artists, including The Roast Of Freddy F@*!king Friction and Group Hug St. Louis. Occasionally, Suzanne still does public speaking for human service fundraisers, schools, and corporate functions; although the majority of her professional time is split between comedy and music. Suzanne Roussin lives in St. Louis and travels throughout the United States.
Suzanne Michelle Roussin was born in St. Louis, MO to musician parents, and subsequently grew up as a child of the working-class entertainment industry. Suzanne began publicly performing at age 2, and before turning 12 she was hired by the St. Louis Musician's Union as a studio singer for recordings of children's music demos. She went on to sing and provide the voices for a special Christmas album collection, highlighting the work of various songwriters from St. Louis.
While continuing some work in music and theater, as a teenager Suzanne began doing more writing and public speaking, and her subject matter leaned more and more toward social issues and humanitarian rights. At age 15, she received a call from Congressman Joe Kennedy, Jr., and was invited to come to Washington, D.C. and work with a bipartisan committee intending to draft what is now known as the Children's Bill Of Rights. To date, the Children's Bill Of Rights has been adapted in over 70 countries, and is the basis for many international laws used by Amnesty International to intercede on behalf of abused and exploited children around the world.
Upon her return to St. Louis, Suzanne worked in independent film and continued writing both fiction and non-fiction. As she was a columnist and performing arts' reviewer for Intermission Magazine, she was also publishing her first collection of experimental fiction "Monsters In The Madness" and won several awards for her poetry. Suzanne began working in marketing and copywriting, then returned to writing for print media at Alive Magazine.
While filming in St. Louis for Angst Pictures, writer and friend David Wraith introduced Suzanne to Robert Mitchell, a Kevin Kline Award Winner and director of The NonProphet Theater Company and its sketch comedy show The Militant Propaganda Bingo Machine (winning several awards for best comedy, variety show, ensemble cast, etc., over the next several years until it's disbandment in 2012). In 2006 she joined the show as a full-time writer and cast member. Suzanne was known for creating some of the sketches considered "classic" by the show's fans, and for her impersonations of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Anna Nicole Smith, and Madonna, to name a few.
In 2010, after several years of writing and performing sketch comedy, Suzanne began teaching and contributing material to comedians and other comedy shows until venturing out on her own as a stand-up comic. She won "best new comic" and placed in two other local competitions her first year. She has since performed all around the midwest, at both the RNC (Republican National Convention) and Rock the Vote campaigns, and was one of four comics in Tim Bone and Friends' Summer Comedy Tour. Most recently, Suzanne was named one of St. Louis' funniest comics and was a nominee and semifinalist for top comic in The Riverfront Times' Standup Comedy Throwdown 2014.
In 2012, Suzanne Roussin began Lizard Entertainment and wrote, produced, and hosted One More Laugh, a live variety show series geared to showcase various artists, musicians, and comedians hailing from the underground indie scene of Saint Louis.
In addition to stand-up comedy, Suzanne guest performs with several bands around St. Louis, covering a wide variety of popular musicians from Adele to June Carter. She sings and plays several instruments, including piano and autoharp. Suzanne also writes her own music and lyrics, and performs some of her original songs as part of her comedy. She is currently collaborating with other St. Louis indie musicians to record sometime in 2015.
Suzanne Roussin has made appearances on television shows and podcasts such as Party Animal Radio, The Itchy Show, Laughter In Da Lou, Joshua Proctor's Favorite Things, etc. She has written and performed for several live shows highlighting Saint Louis artists, including The Roast Of Freddy F@*!king Friction and Group Hug St. Louis. Occasionally, Suzanne still does public speaking for human service fundraisers, schools, and corporate functions; although the majority of her professional time is split between comedy and music. Suzanne Roussin lives in St. Louis and travels throughout the United States.
