Susan H. Schulman

Who is Susan H. Schulman?

Susan H. Schulman is an American theater director.

Intent on a career as an actress, Schulman studied drama at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, New York in the 1960s. She attended Yale University on a playwrighting fellowship, graduating with a Master's Degree. While performing at the Buffalo Studio Arena Theatre, she was presented with her first opportunity to mount a production when the director of an adaptation of Wind in the Willows abruptly left the project.

Schulman headed to New York City, where she became involved with several productions at the off-off-Broadway Equity Library Theatre. In 1989, she joined the York Theatre Company to helm a production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which Sondheim happened to see. Impressed by her work, he recommended her for the upcoming Broadway revival. Her efforts earned her a Tony Award nomination as Best Director of a Musical and led to her being signed to direct a 1991 musical adaptation of The Secret Garden, which garnered her a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical.