Suzanne Graff
{{short description|American actress}}
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Suzanne Graff is an American actress.
Biography
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Graff performed onstage for several seasons at the American Folklore Theatre (AFT) in shows such as Lumberjacks in Love which became one of the company's biggest box office hits.{{cite web|url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/34440-Three-Shows-By-Same-Team-Comprise-WIs-Folklore-Theatre-Season|title= PlayBill|date= June 30, 1997|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121017081730/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/34440-Three-Shows-By-Same-Team-Comprise-WIs-Folklore-Theatre-Season|archive-date= October 17, 2012}}
She originated the role of the wisecracking jill-of-all-trades secretary Charlene "Charlie" Osmanski in the Off-Broadway production of Zombies from The Beyond
{{cite web|url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/10/31/1995-10-31__zombies___old_milwaukee_lit.html|title= New York Daily News|date= October 31, 1995|author= Howard Kissel|website= New York Daily News}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and played the role of the Effy, the gossipy postwoman, in the regional production of The Spitfire Grill.{{cite web|url= http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/minn/minn10.html|title=Talking Broadway Regional News and Reviews|author = Elizabeth Weir |accessdate=July 30, 2010 }} Other New York credits include performances in Twelfth Night with the Riverside Shakespeare Company.{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9C0CE2D71230F93BA15753C1A966958260&scp=2&sq=%22suzanne%20graff%22&st=cse|title=New York Times Review/Theater: Broad Strokes in Riverside Group's 'Twelfth Night|author=D. J. R. BRUCKNER |work=The New York Times |date=October 28, 1990}}
She has performed in national tours of She Stoops to Conquer, As You Like It, Oedipus and A Midsummer Night's Dream. In Milwaukee, she has appeared at the Skylight Opera Theatre and Theatre Tesseract. Other regional credits include She Loves Me at the Indiana Repertory Theatre and in the Twin Cities at the Great American History Theatre and the Jon Hassler Theater.{{cite web|url=http://my.pclink.com/~gomis/cast.html|title=Biography Suzanne Graff|access-date=July 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715060200/http://my.pclink.com/~gomis/cast.html|archive-date=July 15, 2011}}
Since 1998, Graff and her husband, Jerry Gomis, have collaborated as producers for Door Shakespeare theatre, where her acting credits have included roles in productions such as Twelfth Night, the Merchant of Venice,{{cite web|url= http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-3890-summer-of-shakespeare.html|title=Express Milwaukee newspaper |date=18 June 2009 |accessdate=July 30, 2010 }} Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Much Ado About Nothing.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100707/GPG0506/100707118/Door-Shakespeare-opts-for-comedy--classic-with-%5C-Rivals-%5C--%5C-Much-Ado%5C|title=Green Bay Gazette|author =Warren Gerds|date=July 7, 2010}} She studied with acting teachers such as Paul Sills{{cite web|url=http://www.godoorcounty.com/article/99999999/GDC05/90519108/0/theme|title=Door County Magazine|access-date=August 4, 2010|date= |first=Heather |last=Steinberger}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and trained with the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York.{{cite web|url=http://my.pclink.com/~gomis/doorshakespeare/aboutus.html|title=About Door Shakespeare|access-date=August 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715060532/http://my.pclink.com/~gomis/doorshakespeare/aboutus.html|archive-date=July 15, 2011}}
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