Born in Dublin, Susanna has been working in Sydney as a director and dramaturg for over a decade.
She has directed for Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Ensemble Theatre, Belvoir, Darlinghurst Theatre, City of Sydney, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Griffin Independent, Sport for Jove, and CDP Kids/ Sydney Opera House Kids and Families.
She has been a resident artist for Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare and STC. For a number of years she worked in new play development as Associate Director at PlayWriting Australia.
At PWA she also worked to promote Australian playwrights internationally, and created a community development program which later became a model of community playwright skills-training for several organisations and theatres around Australia.
She is a BA graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. She received an MA in Theatre Studies from the University of New South Wales and a Grad. Dip in Directing from NIDA. Susanna is a member of the 2012 Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab.