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Susan Monts-Bologna
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Susan has recently returned to Chicago where she did her Master's work at The Goodman School of Drama and studied with Del Close at Second City.  She has had the good fortune to work with such theatres as Eclipse, TimeLine, Northlight and Rendition and such directors as Steve Scott, Nick Bowling, Amy Morton and Tim Curtis.  Chicago has been home, off and on, for more than forty years for Susan, a military brat well acquainted with the life of a gypsy.  Born in Maryland, of Indiana natives, she is a Midwesterner at heart but well traveled enough to know when her "roots" are showing.  Married for nearly thirty years to a first generation Sicilian, she has a son, Daniele.  She attended high school in a northern Chicago suburb, received a B.F.A in Speech and Theatre from Western Illinois University, spent 3 years in the Master's Program at The Goodman School of Drama and recieved an MA in Directing from Indiana State University.  Studying has always been a love of hers and, after working with numerous coaches including Terry Schreiber and Albert Tavares in New York, continues to study in Chicago.

After her years at the Goodman School, she spent a year at Milwaukee Rep with John Dillon, then moved to New York for fifteen years.  After a couple of movies, several years on a soap (Search for Tomorrow - Prof Aja Doyan), numerous commercials and stage works, she and her late husband decided to raise their son in Terre Haute, IN where her parents were born and raised.  She continued to work in theatre and study and, for the next 16 years, was the proud owner/operator of Pino's IL Sonetto Restaurant .

Susan played the role of Darcy in "One Flea Spare" at Eclipse Theatre in the spring of 2011 and just finished shooting an episode of "Chicago Code," which will be aired on FOX in February. She is happy to be back where it all started for her and thrilled that her passion continues to grow.