"Snow White" Photo

Susan played "The Dark Queen", directed by Tim Thompson, to several sold-out performances and the largest audiences ever reorded for Towngate Theatre.

AND THE REVIEWS ARE IN!

"Snow White is contrasted perfectly by Susan Stepputtis as the Dark Queen, who will let no one stand in the way of her obsession with being 'the fairest in the land'. Stepputtis is a joy to watch as she revels in the character's villainy without ever scaring the tiniest tots in the audience."

"Twelfth Night" Photo

"Seascape" Photo

"Seascape" Photo #2

OCTA "Excellence in Acting" Photo

And The Reviews Are In!

"And then there's Susan L. Stepputtis, who played the childlike, emotionally fragile Bella. Susan is so good that she had the other actors in tears during a rehearsal...This has to be her best performance ever."

OCTA "Excellence in Acting" Award

ACTRESS RECEIVES OCTA ACTING AWARD

Susan Stepputtis recently competed with 30 other actors in the Ohio Community Theatre Association's regional competition and earned their "EXCELLENCE IN ACTING" award, one of only two given, for her poignant portrayal of Bella, a loveable, mentally challenged woman in the Neil Simon play, "Lost in Yonkers". Stepputtis reprised her Hope Players role for the competition.

Stepputtis, who has appeared in more than 50 productions in 12 theatres in Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina, including Tamarack, said "Bella is the role that won Mercedes Ruehl both a Tony and an Oscar. Bella, though a seemingly simple person, is a marvelous character that allows an actress to show great range and multiple layering from peals of laughter to sobs of despair all in one scene. This is one of my favorite roles because of this mixture of joy and pathos, and I am truly honored to receive OCTA's hightest recognition."

Television, Movie, Print & Audio Commercial Work

• 2015 Short film "The Good-bye Place", Shooters Productions, Role: Secretary (1 of 3 main roles)
• 2013 "The Spinners" Music Video, Shooters Productions, Role: street person in creepy part of town
• 2012 Feature-length Movie "Random Acts", Route 40 Films and Flyover Films Productions, Role: Funeral Mourner
• 2010 Television Commercial for Alternative Home Health, Shooters Productions, Role: Nurse
• 2010 Television Commercial for Wheeling, WV Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Walkabout Company, Role: Restaurant Patron
• 2010 Audio Tour for Arthursdale Heritage, Inc., Funded by WV State Historic Preservation Office & National Park Service, The Walkabout Company, Role: Eleanor Roosevelt
• 2010 Bethany College, Guest Artist, Role: Mama in 'night, Mother'
• 2009-2010 Oglebay Institute Entertainment Guide, Role: The Dark Queen in "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs", Towngate Theatre's Children's Theatre
• 2008 Television Commercial (Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Columbus & Akron/Canton markets) for Wheeling, WV Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Walkabout Company, Role: Wife and Mother
• 2008 Comcast Television Commercial for Oglebay Institutute, Role: the Dark Queen in "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs"
• 2008 Television Commercial (Cleveland, Pittsburgh & Columbus markets) for Wheeling, WV Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Walkabout Company, Role: 1920's Woman in Silent Film, Winner of WV Videographer Award
• 2008 Paid Performance, One-Woman Musical Revue, St. Francis Society
• 2007 WTOV-TV9 Television Commercial, Role: Client in Attorney's Office
• 2006 WTRF-TV7/United Way Television Commercial, Gutman Advertising Agency, Role: Jane, a battered wife
• 2005 WV Public Television Commercial, The Walkabout Company, Role: Voice-over
• 2004 "One Day" (video movie) for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, WV Public Television & WV Coalition Against Violence, The Walkabout Company, Role: News Reporter
• 2004 Print Advertisement for WV Official State Travel Guide, The Walkabout Company, Role: Tourist
• 2002 Columbus, OH Television Commercial, IdeaGiant Advertising Agency, Role: Banker
• 2002 Web Cover Page, Feenerty Photography
• 2001 - 2005 Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin "Meeting the Demand for Excellence" catalogues, Role: Instructor
• 1996 TV Commercial, "Mike Carey for State Representative", Role: Citizen
• 1994 Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin promotional video, Role: Instructor
• 1988 WTRF-TV/Ohio University Theatre Television Commercial, Role: Lone actor promo-ing theatrical production "What The Butler Saw"