Susan Nussbaum

December 2, 1953 — April 28, 2022

Celebration of Life

You can make a contribution in Susan's name to Access Living.

Susan Nussbaum, 1953-2022

Chicago playwright, novelist, actor, director, and disability rights activist Susan Nussbaum died April 28 of pneumonia at 68. Playwright Mike Ervin, who collaborated with Nussbaum as cowriter on the comedy revue The Plucky and Spunky Show and whose 1999 play, The History of Bowling, was directed by Nussbaum, remembers his friend and mentor.

Chicago Reader (May 12, 2022) by Mike Ervin

Tribute to Susan

Midwest Film Festival Screening Opening Remarks with Tribute to Susan Nussbaum (June 2022)

by Salome Chasnoff