Suanne Spoke

ACTOR/PEARL

Suanne Spoke has an extensive career in theatre, television, film and the class room. In theatre she has been recognized for her work as both an actress and as a producer, re-envisioning classic works and helming West Coast & National premieres. Suanne was most recently seen at the Fountain Theatre in the West Coast premiere of Athol Fugard’s “The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek”, named by the LA Times as one of the 10 best plays of 2015. She has been seen on innumerable stages and has won every major acting and producing award given in Los Angeles; a three time recipient of the prestigious Ovation Award for Lead Performance by an Actress, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for both Best Production (Producer) and Best Actress, the LA Weekly Award for Best Production (Producer/Actress) and the Backstage Garland Award for Best Actress and many other nominations, honorable mentions and acknowledgements over her 30 year career on the stage.

Suanne continues to cultivate a career in front of the camera as well, appearing in over 100 television episodes and feature films. She recurs on “Switched at Birth”, appears in a very special feature on the DVD release for season 4 of “Once Upon a Time”, and will be seen in Christopher Guest’s new film “Mascots” and upcoming in three independent films “Wild Prairie Rose”, “Mom” and “Dumped”.

She currently serves on the faculty of the prestigious California Institute of the Arts in the Film Directing Program and is also a faculty member for Deaf West Theatre’s Summer School Program. She has served as a juror for the Newport Beach Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival.