Susan Murphy began performing at the age of 10 in her hometown of Jersey City, NJ, and she has never stopped.  Among those she counts as her influences and inspirations in life and art are (in no particular order)...

 

Bette Midler, Elton John, Gurumayi, her mother and father, Barbra Streisand, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Joni Mitchell, Italy, Mel Brooks, Judy Garland, Aretha Franklin, Lisa Sokolov, Sal Lombarde and John Pantozzi, Lily Tomlin, "Harold & Maude", her grandmother and grandfather, Jerzy Grotowski, "Absolutely Fabulous" and French & Saunders, her niece Dylan & nephew Kevin, her sister Linda and all of their crazy family, Alice Herz-Sommer, Hillary Clinton, Ellen Stewart and the entire La MaMa family, the Beatles, Laura Nyro, the Carmelettes and Bea Verdi, Madeline Kahn, Eleonora Duse, Gloria Steinem, Giulietta Masina, Meryl Streep, Little Edie Beale, Carol Burnett, the people of Marion Section, Baba Muktananda, Cate Blanchett, Carole King, Janis Joplin, Gena Rowlands, St. Francis, all the animals of the earth, and her partner of nearly 2 decades, Janice Shapiro.

 

Susan still lives in Jersey City, where she feeds many cats, both inside and outside her house. She wishes you love and joy and thanks you for reading. May kindness and compassion fill your heart and your world always.

 

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