Kimberly Suskind
A recent transplant from Greater Philadelphia, Kimberly Suskind is an actor, singer, dancer and the Artistic Director of Robin Dawn Academy’s Gypsy Playhouse. She is making her Gulf Coast Symphony debut as a featured singer in the holiday revue, Snowbird Follies.
Kimberly has worked at many professional regional theatres across the country, including Walnut Street Theatre (PA), Cape May Stage (NJ), Delaware Theatre Company (DE), The Theatre Barn (NY), Eagle Theatre (NJ), Bucks County Playhouse (PA), Nightcap Cabaret (PA), Metro Stage Company (MA) and Village Theatre & Civic Light Opera (WA). Her extensive stage credits include Cinderella in Lab Theater’s filmed 
production of Dennis Giacino’s Disenchanted: A New Musical Comedy! [Stay-at-Home Edition], Mrs. Arbuthnot (U/S) in A Woman of No Importance (Walnut Street Theatre), Woman I in My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra (Eagle Theatre), Mother in Ragtime (Eagle Theatre), Shelby in The Spitfire Grill (Eagle Theatre), Louise (U/S) in Holiday Inn (Walnut Street Theatre), Jo March in Little Women (Eagle Theatre), Jen in the Barrymore Award 
Nominated Production of John & Jen (Eagle Theatre & Cape May Stage), Ginger in I Love a Piano (Theater Barn), “Bless the Lord” in the Barrymore Award Nominated Production of Godspell (Eagle Theatre), Ms. Fleming in the Barrymore Award Nominated Production of Heathers! The Musical (Eagle Theatre), Elizabeth Benning in Young Frankenstein (Theater Barn), Blanche Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde (Eagle Theatre), Lacey in Burt & Me (Delaware Theatre Co.), Kim in Beehive: The 60’s Musical Sensation! (Eagle Theatre), Sarah McEwen in The Civil War (Eagle Theatre), Rusty in Footloose (Eagle Theatre), Alice Beineke in The Addams Family (Theater Barn), Ginger in I Love a Piano 
(Theater Barn), Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (B’way Theatre of Pitman, NJ), Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (Playful Productions, NJ), Amneris in Aida (Maurer Productions, NJ), Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime (Seattle CLO, WA), Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street (B’way Theatre of Pitman, NJ), Alter Ego in They’re Playing Our Song (Theater Barn, NY), Shelly/Annie in Evil Dead: The Musical 
(staged reading), Janet Van de Graaf in The Drowsy Chaperone (Maurer Productions, NJ), Mouse/Young Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad (Shore Repertory, NJ), Bonnie in Anything Goes (Village Theatre, WA), Miss Thorn in Ruthless! The Musical (Village Theatre, WA), ensemble in Joseph in the Technicolor Dreamcoat (CDA Summer Theatre, ID), Florence in Chess (Boston Conservatory, MA), 
Alyson in Grand Night for Singing (Boston Conservatory, MA), April in Company (Metro Stage Company, MA), Kit Kat Girl in Cabaret (Metro Stage Company, MA) and Soprano in All Night Strut! (Riverside Theatre Works, MA).
She will be seen in 2023 in the role of Nina in The Cocktail Hour 
for Players Circle Theater.
Kimberly’s film and new works repertoire includes Debbie/principal in Dark State for Lucca Films, Norma (lead) in La Giara: A New Musical for World Café Live, Soloist in Broadway in the Borough for Resident Theatre Company, Solo Cabaret in I Can’t Believe It’s Not Broadway! For Nightcap Cabaret, Mary in the NBC TV movie One Christmas with Henry Winkler, Shirley Temple in Jazz Seen for BRAVO, Emma in the Lifetime TV movie Sophie and the Moonhanger and Sarah in the USA TV movie Dare to Love.
She can currently be heard on the demo cast recording of Brilliant, a poignant new musical, where she originated the lead role of Sarah.
Suskind has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the prestigious Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, where she had the honor of studying rhythm tap with the great Aaron Tolson, her favorite style of tap to teach and perform. Kimberly has always possessed a passion to teach others and was a tap tutor for her peers throughout her four years at The Boston Conservatory. As a result, she was awarded the prestigious Sue Ronson Levy tap scholarship toward her BFA. While at The Boston Conservatory, she was a member and soloist of the Hoofers Tap Ensemble, which performed all over the greater Boston area. Prior to college, Kimberly’s love of tap was fostered by studying with several notable names in the tap world such as Dianne Walker, Lane Alexander, Sam Weber & 
Tim Hickey.
In her free time she loves to craft, go to the beach and spend time with her amazing husband and their adorable rescue beagle, Professor Indiana Bones (Indy for short)! For more information about Kimberly, feel free to visit:www.KimberlySuskind.com.
She is currently featured in Gulf Coast Symphony’s holiday revue, Snowbird Follies, on stage through December 18.
August 31, 2020; updated December 5, 2022.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.