Suzanne Sole has spent her life making people laugh—on stage, on screen, and in at least three funerals where she swears she misread the room. Trained at Second City and Annoyance Theatre in Chicago and L.A., she’s done it all: stand-up, sketch, improv, musical comedy—because why settle for one kind of rejection when you can enjoy in them all?
In stand-up, she landed in the finals of The Rebels of Comedy Stand-up Contest at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills and performed regularly at The Hollywood Improv and The Ice House. On screen, she’s made appearances in Chicago PD, Joey, The New Partridge Family (as Shirley Partridge, because of course), in award-winning short film, I Remember, now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Google TV, and her own indie web series The Hirsches Care About The Earth, a show she co-wrote about a clueless couple trying to save the planet, which, like an old yogurt container, was successfully recycled into multiple film festivals.
Sole’s also taken her comedic talents to the theater, touring the country in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, and performing in Annie Get Your Gun opposite Patti LuPone and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, because if you’re going to do musical theater, you might as well do it with a full orchestra and a Broadway legend breathing down your neck. (JK she was supes nice.)
Then came 2020, when live entertainment took a nosedive, and Suzanne did what any self-respecting performer would do: turned her guestroom into a live television studio (with a messy closet) and launched The Suzanne Sole Show, a live-streamed sketch comedy and improv extravaganza that ran for three seasons.
Now, she’s back in front of live audiences with her one-woman show, The Spiritual Awakening Comedy Cabaret, a bold tapestry of comedy, music, and raw storytelling. Sole transforms into a cast of characters as she leads audiences through the amazing gut-wrenching, yet hilarious process of becoming yourself in a show that’s as deeply moving as it is funny.
Sole's latest project, podcast, The Spiritual Shitshow with Suzanne Sole blends wisdom and profane comedy, taking a raw, hilarious dive into the "shitshow" the healing and spiritual awakening journey can be. It’s about spirituality. With f-bombs. And, there are some special episodes where Suzanne chats with incredible guests! Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts!
Want to book The Spiritual Awakening Comedy Cabaret at your venue, house concert, or spiritual center? Email suzanne@suzannesole.com. Or just pop by with snacks and compliments—she’s flexible.
SPANK: THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY NATIONAL TOUR
Suzanne was on the national tour of the comedy SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody as EB Janet, the wacky writer author of her wine infused erotica fan fiction. Here’s what what the people are said…
Bruce Miller / Sioux City Journal
“Suzanne Sole, playing the cheap and dirty E.B. Janet, unfolded the story, while her husband, Barry, was away with the kids. Sole was uber-talented. She sold the story better than an agent with a 20 percent cut. Slurping down wine while her fingers glided across the keyboard, she was a marvel of expression, a master of double takes.”
Colin Dabkowski / The Buffalo News
"Janet, a fictionalized version of James played by comically gifted Suzanne Sole. Sole is wonderful throughout.”
CantonRep.com
“Sole stole the show. Her portrayal of a housewife determined she could write was hilarious. She trampled the stage in red heels, drank Chardonnay, and interacted with her characters and the audience simultaneously.”
Leah Rocci, Broadway World
“Sole is the star of the show. As the narrator, she feeds off the crowd’s energy. Her gestures are hysterical!”
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN AT RAVINIA
Suzanne appeared opposite Patti LuPone in Annie Get Your Gun at Ravinia Festival in Chicago directed by Lonny Price, and Musical Director Paul Gemignani.
John Olson, Talkin’ Broadway
“Suzanne was a sultry rival to Annie as Dolly Tate”
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
“Among the outstanding supporting cast were Chicago actors…and adding to the fun, Suzanne Sole as tarty troublemaker Dolly Tate.”
Bob Bullen, Chicago Theatre Addict
“Suzanne Sole nearly stole the show as the scheming Dolly Tate”
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS NATIONAL TOUR
Suzanne played the role of Muriel Eubanks in the National Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, directed by Phil McKinley, choreographed by Vince Pesce.
Lisa Bornstein, Rocky Mountain News
“The best moments in the production come from the supporting characters. Suzanne Sole enters picking her teeth, a woman of uncouth, cheery wealth with a pleasing sensuality and a voice that pierces the fog.”
Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale
“Suzanne Sole has the chops to sail her character across the orchestra pit.”
Christine Dolen, The Miami Herald
“This touring company pulls off one electric pairing: Suzanne Sole as Muriel Eubanks, one of Jameson’s victims, and Jeff Essex as Andre Thibault, the local lawman who aids Jameson’s cons. When the two allow a spark of attraction to play out as a full-on sexual conflagration, the afterglow scene becomes a comic gem.”
Alec Harvey, The Birmingham NewS
“Suzanne Sole shines in the part of Muriel, a loud-mouthed but hysterical heiress.”
