AWARDS AND REVIEWS
2019 GERALDINE STUTZ T. FELLOWSHIP IN CREATIVE PRODUCING,
FOUNDED BY HAL PRINCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
TONY AWARD, DRAMA DESK AWARD, OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD FOR BEST PLAY (NOMINATIONS)
TONY AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY (NOMINATION)
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2019)
TIME OUT NEW YORK CRITIC'S PICK, OBIE AWARD (WIN), ASTAIRE AWARD (NOMINATION)
THE WOODSMAN (2016)
OVERALL EXCELLENCE AWARD, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
TALK TO ME ABOUT SHAME (2013)
“Rachel Sussman is as talented a potential producer as she is wise, creative, energetic, and has boundless enthusiasm. She has a future as a creative producer." - Harold Prince
"The best and most important new play of the season." - The New York Times on WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2019)
"For 90 blessed minutes, the world seems sane again." - The New Yorker on WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2018)
“A brilliantly crafted show, harrowing and funny and humane, that accesses the political through the deeply personal.” - New York Magazine on WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2018)
“An elemental re-imagining of L. Frank Baum’s world of Oz. The spectacle is handmade, infused with breath and light … the puppets are fanciful and gorgeous.” – The New York Times on THE WOODSMAN (2016)
“The evocative mood is set even before the show begins, with the theater's walls covered in tree branches and tiny lights. And it's sustained beautifully throughout the virtually wordless piece.” – The Hollywood Reporter on THE WOODSMAN (2016)
“There’s not an unconsidered moment: Every element contributes, echoes, foretells. Many a production costing 100 times as much could benefit from Strangemen’s level of attention to storytelling detail. “ – New York Magazine on THE WOODSMAN (2015)
“Wendy Wasserstein’s 1997 drama An American Daughter is receiving a one-night-only concert reading May 8 in New York City, starring Golden Globe Award winner Kerri Russell as Dr. Lyssa Hughes. The timely play focuses on a female U.S. Surgeon General nominee and daughter of a senator, whose world is thrown into upheaval as the press investigates her family and friends.” - Playbill on The Indigo Theatre Project's AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER, (2017)
“In 2013, Indigo Theatre Project burst on the scene in a big way. Co-founded by rising theater-industry rock stars Nick Gereffi and Rachel Sussman, the company's mission is to produce, along with nonprofit organizations, readings of acclaimed plays with strong female characters.” – Theatermania on The Indigo Theatre Project (2014)
FOUNDED BY HAL PRINCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
TONY AWARD, DRAMA DESK AWARD, OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD FOR BEST PLAY (NOMINATIONS)
TONY AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY (NOMINATION)
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2019)
TIME OUT NEW YORK CRITIC'S PICK, OBIE AWARD (WIN), ASTAIRE AWARD (NOMINATION)
THE WOODSMAN (2016)
OVERALL EXCELLENCE AWARD, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
TALK TO ME ABOUT SHAME (2013)
“Rachel Sussman is as talented a potential producer as she is wise, creative, energetic, and has boundless enthusiasm. She has a future as a creative producer." - Harold Prince
"The best and most important new play of the season." - The New York Times on WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2019)
"For 90 blessed minutes, the world seems sane again." - The New Yorker on WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2018)
“A brilliantly crafted show, harrowing and funny and humane, that accesses the political through the deeply personal.” - New York Magazine on WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (2018)
“An elemental re-imagining of L. Frank Baum’s world of Oz. The spectacle is handmade, infused with breath and light … the puppets are fanciful and gorgeous.” – The New York Times on THE WOODSMAN (2016)
“The evocative mood is set even before the show begins, with the theater's walls covered in tree branches and tiny lights. And it's sustained beautifully throughout the virtually wordless piece.” – The Hollywood Reporter on THE WOODSMAN (2016)
“There’s not an unconsidered moment: Every element contributes, echoes, foretells. Many a production costing 100 times as much could benefit from Strangemen’s level of attention to storytelling detail. “ – New York Magazine on THE WOODSMAN (2015)
“Wendy Wasserstein’s 1997 drama An American Daughter is receiving a one-night-only concert reading May 8 in New York City, starring Golden Globe Award winner Kerri Russell as Dr. Lyssa Hughes. The timely play focuses on a female U.S. Surgeon General nominee and daughter of a senator, whose world is thrown into upheaval as the press investigates her family and friends.” - Playbill on The Indigo Theatre Project's AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER, (2017)
“In 2013, Indigo Theatre Project burst on the scene in a big way. Co-founded by rising theater-industry rock stars Nick Gereffi and Rachel Sussman, the company's mission is to produce, along with nonprofit organizations, readings of acclaimed plays with strong female characters.” – Theatermania on The Indigo Theatre Project (2014)
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
Faces of Birmingham/Bloomfield: Rachel Sussman (Downtown News Magazine)
How These Two Young, Out Female Producers Championed Two Hit Broadway Shows This Season (Playbill)
Schmoozing with Rachel Sussman (Detroit Jewish News)
Rachel Sussman selected as next T. Fellow (Broadway News)
CTI Interview with Rachel Sussman (Commercial Theatre Institute)
#WomenonBroadway: 5 Producers to Watch in 2019 (YesBroadway.com)
The Next Generation: Women's Project Theater's Pipeline Festival (The Interval)
The Women's Project is Building a Better Pipeline (American Theatre Magazine)
Rachel Sussman: How her Michigan roots led her to NYC and back to the mitten (Love Letters to Broadway)
A Residency for emerging artists: this week on The Green Room (Interlochen Public Radio)
How These Two Young, Out Female Producers Championed Two Hit Broadway Shows This Season (Playbill)
Schmoozing with Rachel Sussman (Detroit Jewish News)
Rachel Sussman selected as next T. Fellow (Broadway News)
CTI Interview with Rachel Sussman (Commercial Theatre Institute)
#WomenonBroadway: 5 Producers to Watch in 2019 (YesBroadway.com)
The Next Generation: Women's Project Theater's Pipeline Festival (The Interval)
The Women's Project is Building a Better Pipeline (American Theatre Magazine)
Rachel Sussman: How her Michigan roots led her to NYC and back to the mitten (Love Letters to Broadway)
A Residency for emerging artists: this week on The Green Room (Interlochen Public Radio)