Susanna Lee is a standup comic, storyteller, and patron saint to provocateurs everywhere.
She’s been touring professionally since August 20, 1996, when Kramer International Entertainment group booked her on the “You Laugh, You Lose” college comedy tour. It was every bit as demoralizing as the title of the show would suggest, but her pa
Susanna Lee is a standup comic, storyteller, and patron saint to provocateurs everywhere.
She’s been touring professionally since August 20, 1996, when Kramer International Entertainment group booked her on the “You Laugh, You Lose” college comedy tour. It was every bit as demoralizing as the title of the show would suggest, but her passion for comedy survived, and in September 2017, Susanna Lee gave her first TED talk at TEDxKU, on the University of Kansas campus, where she’s also guest lectured multiple times on the artistry of standup comedy.
She’s lived quite an uncommon life outside of being a touring comedian, with time spent performing with a circus sideshow, teaching yoga, and navigating the sex industry, all of which have contributed to the unique and highly engaging presence for which she’s known and loved.
Susanna has been a guest on a ton of podcasts, including Joey "Coco" Diaz's "The Church Of What's Happening Now", “Risk! True Tales Boldly Told”, “Bawdy Storytelling”, and "The Mental Illness Happy Hour" with Paul Gilmartin. She’s been seen on “Girls Behaving Badly” (Oxygen Network), “Party Legends” (Viceland), “America’s Court”, “Brides of Beverly Hills”, and for a brief second, “Last Comic Standing” (NBC/Universal).
Susanna created, produced, and starred in the webseries, "Peeping Comics", which featured her interviewing well-known comedians inside a booth at the last functional peepshow in America. She also co-produced and starred in the subsequent documentary about it, called "Pervs", which was featured at the 2015 LA Comedy Festival, won “Best Documentary” in the 2017 LA Femme Film Fest. It is currently available on Amazon Prime Video.
She's performed in numerous festivals, including the Chicago, Bridgetown, Riot Grrrl, and Ventura Comedy Festivals; the Show-Me, Southern Fried, Best Of The Midwest, Colorado, New Orleans, and New York Burlesque Festivals and also held a headlining spot in the 2013 New Zealand Burlesque Fest. She has competed and lost in the San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland comedy competitions.
Notable point of pride: She emceed and performed at Norman Lear’s 93rd birthday party, where she received a standing ovation from the father of the modern-day sitcom, himself.