Learn history the fun way ~
Pick one of these topics and contact Susan to perform one of her unique characters for your social or educational group.

• It Seems That I Was Inspired. A one-act solo play. Oregon Trail emigrant Abigail Scott Duniway defies Victorian convention and starts her own newspaper as a tool to win rights for women in the Northwest. “A low-key yet dramatic performance with liberal dashes of humor.” -- Oregon Press Women. A 2006-2009 Humanities Washington Inquiring Mind program.

• Tea, True Womanhood and Uppity Women. Watch out for tea parties! That’s where many women have started thinking about their lives, their own freedom, and other radical notions. Through journals, stories, songs, and readings, Susan Butruille explores dynamics designed to keep women in their places, and tell about some women who defied convention and turned toward freedom. Tea, anyone? A 2006-2009 Humanities Washington Inquiring Mind program.

• The Other Pinchot: Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, Feminist and Activist. A lively, emotional solo play featuring a leading activist of the early twentieth century who pays tribute to her husband, Gifford Pinchot, founder and first Chief of the US Forest Service.

• Marie Pantalon: The Lady Wore Pants! This costumed dramatic interpretation is based on a French-speaking miner, a character from Women’s Voices from the Mother Lode. When Susan performed in Marie’s home village of Thônes in the French Alps, the local newspaper reported: “Ce n’est plus Susan qui parle mai Marie.” (It is no longer Susan who speaks but Marie.) Susan’s screenplay, Marie Pantalon, is based on this character.

• Uppity Women of the West. A roundup of women from the West, with sotires, songs, and recipes, telling of women who defied custom and tradition with a “Yes, I can!” attitude. Emigrants, pioneers, cowgirls, ranchers, entrepreneurs, activists, and adventurers. “Super! Made the Old West come alive!” -- Elderhostel

• A Writer’s Journey Into the Wilderness. Take a hero’s journey into the labyrinth of your uncultivated and wild self, where your power and your truth lie. “What a memorable, useful workshop! I especially enjoyed your sharing your own journey through your journal, and I will use what came out of the workshop exercises.” -- Oregon Writers Colony.

• Magical Travels to Sacred Places. Stories, poems, songs, and recipes from Susan’s journeys to discover ancient hidden female spirituality from the American West to Australia, Greece, Turkey, and France.