Dr. Suzanne Shoemaker suzanne.shoemaker@freshiflix.com
Director of Education & Marketing

Dr. Suzanne Shoemaker has worked for the past thirty-five years in theater, film and television as a professional director, writer and producer. She has taught on the Graduate level at such prestigious universities as The Ohio State University, University of Missouri and Northern Michigan University and founded theaters, touring theater and national playwrighting competitions.

Her professional career has taken her from the university where she chaired programs in Acting and Directing, to the professional stage at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Stratford, Canada, to the life of an independent producer in France, China and Art Administration in Hawaii. In 1990 she co-founded Acts of Creation with her husband, Chris Shoemaker, and they have been self-employed ever since. She has received a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grant twice, was awarded the Outstanding Educator in America Award twice from the Office of the President, and has originated and passed three bills through the Hawaii legislature to fund youth-centered, creative arts projects.

Dr. Shoemaker has lived life entwined with the adventures of her career. She resides near her three wonderful sons and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.