DON'T MISS THIS:
Susan’s award-winning short film debut as writer/director is on the festival circuit. Keep up with the latesst through her Instagram HERE and keep an eye out to see when The First hits your area.
"The First," will be showing in various film festivals coming up, hope to see you at one of these:
Friday, Nov. 8th 3:30pm at Rehoboth Beach Int'l Film Festival (Rehoboth Beach, DE) Festival runs Nov. 6th – 10th Get Tickets HERE
2025 Toronto International Women Film Festival. Dates TBA
photo: Susan Ruth at Piano by Michael Brant
NEWS & INTERVIEWS:
Susan recently completed her debut short film The First as writer, director, and producer (also produced by famed horror powerhouse John Penney). It stars Tiffany Cornwell, Carlos Cameron, Jamieson Rhyme, Emma Rose Maloney, and includes a fabulous supporting cast and crew! Check out more info HERE!
The First film has won its first award! Thank you to Portland Horror Festival for awarding the 2024 Trompe L’oeil Award.
Susan was interviewed on the Polymath’s Place show on YouTube with host Dr. Angela Cotellessa. Check it out HERE!
Susan presented, and performed (“When I Sleep” - from her album All I Ever Wanted Was Everything) at the Appalachian Arts & Entertainment Awards, Saturday, April 9, 2022, honoring great artists and songwriters. Keep an eye out on TCN (The Country Network) for the show’s airing. Download “When I Sleep” on iTunes, HERE.
The Unconventional Life podcat, Ep 310: Connecting Humans Through the Art of Storytelling Listen on iTunes HERE, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Susan Ruth and Taylor Conley on the “Life of a Lifer” show. Taylor is serving a life sentence and has a show he does from prison. Watch HERE!
A fantastic time on the Perception Studio Twitch show with Susan and “felted people” (puppets) Cucumber, Brian, and Chunk! Watch HERE!
Thank you Insidewink’s Alison Martin and thank you Brad Koepenick, for featuring me in this beautiful, hopeful, and lovely magazine. Insidewink was founded by Alison and Jean Trebek. Click HERE
Check out some recent podcast and/or YouTube interviews with Susan:
Curiosity Bites with Dov Baron: Pt. 1 Wrestling and Dancing with the Muse
Curiosity Bites with Dov Baron: Pt. 2 The Muse of Smart People in a Dumb System
Curiosity Bites with Dov Baron: Pt. 3 Are You Pursuing Your Large “T” Truth
Curiosity Bites with Dov Baron: Pt. 4 When Hate is Love: Conversations with Murderers and the KKK
The Joe Dungan Talk Show - Watch on YouTube (Pt. 1)
The Joe Dungan Talk Show - Watch on YouTube (Pt. 2)
The Human Amplified podcast. Episode 60 “You Get To Decide What’s Right For You” listen on HumanAmplified.com, iTunes or Spotify
SongTown On Songwriting podcast: Feb. 23, 2021 “The Art of Storytelling” listen on iTunes or ListenNotes.com
Rich Baker & Friends Episode #4 - Watch on YouTube
Life of a Lifer -Designed Conviction podcast on iTunes
The Fearless Storyteller with Ethan Feckleton: Aug. 31, 2020 - Watch on YouTube
Thank you to SHOUTOUT LA! CLICK HERE for this awesome interview!
(Image: cover of ShoutoutLA article)
(Image: Susan on floor with beachball, Sam at piano)
Susan was a part of a legendary cast for the making of Sentinels: Point of No Return serial podcast, written and directed by Mike Disa. Starring Chris Judge, Alaina Huffman, Peter Woodward, Nicole Parker and many more incredible talents. Check out the official website HERE. Listen on Podbean HERE. Listen on iTunes HERE.
(Image of Poster for Sentinels, Point of No Return podcast series - three hands reaching up with blue background)
(Image: Oasis song album cover - An orange tree on a hill and a blue sky)
Susan painted the cover art for the band Smithfield’s new single, “We’ll Figure It Out.” It drops Friday, June 19th!!
(Image: Cover of song single is a colorful abstract of people and blue sky)
Susan had the great pleasure of being interviewed for the Mentoring for the Modern Musician podcast! Find it with the iTunes link HERE, or on Spotify, Podbean or wherever you get your podcasts!
Sam Brooks single, “Thin Red Line” - written by Sam and Susan Ruth. Find it on Spotify HERE! And download it on iTunes HERE
Exciting news: Susan has completed The Second City Conservatory program! Improv, acting, stand-up and sketch writing are hallmarks of the legendary program. Grad Review, when life gets back to “normal” is next!
Susan has been awarded the Valerie J. Hoffman Prize for her work with Hey Human podcast.
For more information about upcoming shows visit the upcoming events page
(Image: Susan Ruth singing and playing guitar)
CLICK HERE to get Susan's music digitally on iTunes: All I Ever Wanted Was Everything (2014), Surfacing To Breathe (2004), How To Say Goodbye (2000) and Horse of a Different Color (1998)
Check out Susan's podcast: Hey Human podcast with Susan Ruth on iTunes, GooglePlay, Android and iOS podcast apps, Spotify and at HeyHumanpodcast.com!
Hey Human podcast featured in The Contributor as Nashville podcast making waves! Click here to read.
Image of Susan Ruth. Photo credit: Bootsy Holler
Lonestar's album Never Enders features tracks "Here We Go Again" and "I've Been Wrong Before" (written by Susan Ruth, Dean Sams and Adam Wood). Download the album on iTunes by clicking the link here: LONESTAR
"Helplessly," written by Fiona Culley, Cristina Taddonia and Susan Ruth is featured in the movie Life on the Line, starring John Travolta, Sharon Stone and Kate Bosworth.
Reba McEntire released her hit album, LOVE SOMEBODY, in April 2015. Susan's song (co-written with Jason T. Miller and Nikki Shannon Fernandez) "Promise Me Love" is track #8! Click here for more details:
Don Pedigo, whose album release, The Cross Eyed Sessions moved rapidly up the AmericanaRoots charts. Susan has a few songs on the record, co-written with Don. Check out his lyric video for the first single they wrote, "Nobody Sleeps Alone" on Youtube: NOBODY SLEEPS ALONE
Image of Susan Ruth. Photo by Robbie Quinn
Image of Susan Ruth wearing a suit. Photo credit: Anthony Scarlati
ASusan Ruth began her career as a performing artist and songwriter in Seattle, Washington, where she garnered multiple performance and writing awards for her albums how to say goodbye and Surfacing to Breathe, and served on the NARAS (Recording Academy - The Grammy people) Board of Governors as Songwriter Governor. In 2006, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, penning songs in multiple genres, including: pop, country, rock, AC and Euro dance for artists such as Reba, Lonestar, Erdem Kinay, O'Shea and The United, among others. In 2014, she released her album All I Ever Wanted Was Everything. Susan’s songs have been featured in motion pictures, including Life on the Line and After Life, as well as in the television series MTVs Road Rules and Real World.
She's had chart success on several acts, including:
#11 Americana "You've Got Everything" Don Pedigo
13 Eurodisc - "What If" - Ali Isabella
#1 Eurodisc Belgium - "What If" - Ali Isabella
"A Little Love This Christmas" - Ali Isabella debuted at #6 FMQB
Top Ten – “Shine” - Erdem Kinay – Turkey
O’Shea - One + One - debuted at #3 on the ARIA Country Charts and the top 30 on the all genre chart in 2013
Check out some of Susan’s other cuts, HERE.
In July of 2016, Susan founded and began hosting the human interest, purpose driven, Hey Human podcast. It has since gained momentum and world-wide attention for its open-minded conversations ranging in topics from science, technology, religion, art, economics and politics to humanism, philosophy, gender and race. In 2018, Susan received the 2018 Valerie J. Hoffman Award for her work with the show. Hey Human podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart, and nearly all the podcast places.
Susan is an accomplished abstract painter. Her work is sought-after by collectors and the majority of her paintings are commissions acquired in advance. Self-taught, she is the third generation grandniece of painter Carl Gutherz, notable member of the American Symbolist movement of the late nineteenth century, whose works hang all over the world.
Susan is a graduate of the acclaimed Conservatory program, and Improv Masterclass at The Second City, in Los Angeles,
Susan has paneled on topics of creativity, crowd-funding, empowerment, communication, independent music, story, humanism, adversity, and finding one's voice for; Act Like a Girrrl, New Millennium Music Conference, FEMMUSIC, Union College, Seattle Film Summit, the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative, MusiCares, RADD, Pujols Family Foundation, and Sunrise Children Services.
Image of Susan Ruth in polka dot socks. Photo credit: Hunter Armistead
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Abstract image of Susan Ruth. Photo credit: Hunter Armistead
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Image of Susan Ruth in bikini. Photo credit: Hunter Armistead
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Shadow image of Susan Ruth. Photo credit: Hunter Armistead
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