Sue Ann Staake
FROM DIRECTING STORIES TO LIVING THEM Sue Ann is a National Emmy®Award-winning television producer/director turned actor whose career spans decades of network and freelance broadcast storytelling in news and documentary television. After directing high-pressure live coverage and shaping stories behind the camera, she transitioned into acting, bringing an instinctive understanding of human behavior, stakes, and emotional truth to her performances. On stage, she is drawn to richly layered, character-driven roles that blend authority, warmth, wit, and humor, with recent performances including Lady Markby in An Ideal Husband, M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, and Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady. She is known for her strong preparation, collaborative presence, and grounded, emotionally intelligent approach to text. After five moves in a dozen years, she returned to her home state of Maryland where she resides with her husband of twenty-two years, a 3 year-old chihuahua mix and two senior cats.
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TV / Film
Just Desserts • Lead
Theater
Tea with Mrs. Roosevelt • Lorena "Hick" Hickok • PowPAC Theatre • (virtual) • San Diego, CA, United States
Women Playing Hamlet • Lord Derby/The Barfly • Bowie Community Theatre • Fred Nelson • Bowie, MD, United States
DementiaVille • Althea • Evergreen Players • Marilyn Herrs & Tal Arnold • Evergreen, CO, United States
Human Beings and Other Acts of Comedy • Marilee/ Harriett • Evergreen Players • Scott Gibson • Evergreen, CO, United States
The Book of Will • Anne Hathaway Shakespeare • Colonial Players • Richard Atha-Nicholls • Annapolis, MD, United States
Women Playing Hamlet • Lord Derby/ Barfly • Bowie Community Theater • Fred Nelson • Bowie, MD, United States
Shadow Hour • Leslie Walker/Betty • Bowie Community Theater • Nicole Mullins • Bowie, MD, United States
My Fair Lady • Mrs. Higgins • LifeHouse Theater • Jana Smith • Redlands, CA, United States
Stepping Out • Sylvia • Evergreen Players • Tony Catanese • veergreen, CO, United States
Rope • Sabot • Ripple Theatre • Sandi Stark • Redlands, CA, United States
A Christmas Carol • Mrs. Fizzwig/Narrator/Fan • Ripple Readers Theatre • Sandi Stark • Redlands, CA, United States
Steel Magnolias • M'Lynn • Ripple Readers Theatre • Sandi Stark • Redlands. CA, United States
Confessions of the Mind • Jazzy • Loud & Proud Theatre Company (Virtual) • Brianna Lopez • Redlands, CA, United States
An Ideal Husband • Lady Markby • Colonial Players • Greg Jones Ellis • Annapolis, MD, United States
Voice
“Together” by Jere Silber • Children’s Book Narrator
Education
Acting with Impact with Kimberly Jentzen • The Jentzen Technique-Self Tapes & Monologues • Los Angeles (virtual) • United States
Evergreen Players • Character Study, Master Class American Realism (Tal Arnold), Improv Karn Plow • Evergreen, CO,
University of Marland • BA Speech & Drama • College Park, MD, United States
The American University • Adjunct Professor, School of Communication Directing Talent for TV, TV Production • Washington, D.C., United States
Denver Center for Performing Arts • Acting for the camera (P. Elkins-Zeglarski), Scene Study (Tim McCraken), Monologues • Denver (virtual), United States
Actin & Voice Studios • Scene Study (Jane Jenkins) Voice-over Commercial Reel (Barry Sharpio) • New York (virtual), United States
Great Voice Company with Susan Berkley • Voice-Over Techniques • New York (virtual), United States
Riverside Film Acting • Camera Techniques & Cold Readings (Jordan Lund) • Riverside, CA, United States
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