Fringe Festival Solo Show Explores Identity, Choice and Survival
May 09, 2016
Los Angeles, CA, (May 6, 2016) — The Stephanie Feury Theater premieres writer and performer Susanna Leonard solo show “Hello Susanna” on June 4th, at 2:30 p.m. in Hollywood, California. In her first solo performance, she uses the memoirs of her great aunt Clara to bring her ancestor Anna Ruth Lisser nee Tishler to life. The character Susanna has recently left her husband, her adopted country Israel and is struggling with her identity and her religion. Anna Ruth, who died in 1961, has some commentary on the subject, as all Jewish mothers do. Anna Ruth connects Susanna to her ancestors through stories and sits Susanna down to tell the long story of their family history, the connection to Judaism and her fight for survival in a world that did not want Jews.
It is also Leonard’s first Hollywood Fringe Festival performance as a writer or performer. “Hello Susanna” marks her first deviation from comedy. “I’m am so proud of this show. It’s a story that only I can tell because it’s mine, bec
