Faculty Profiles

Susan Busa Leshner has written for and optioned screenplays Including CROSSING TO THE PROMISED LAND, REUNION, THE JON BENET RAMSEY STORY, to NBC, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Cosgrove-Meurer Productions, Highway 101, and Go Dog! Creative. Her comedy short, Sleepover, was a festival selection at the Women Texas Film Festival and Austin Comedy Short Film Festival. In 2019, Susan won the Sundance Co//ab ‘Pitch Perfect’ contest for her screenplay Babydoll. She wrote the narrative for the choreographic production THE FOUR SEASONS, which premiered in Spring 2023. In addition to her film work, Susan has written and directed nine youth musicals, including Welcome to Camp Katchikootee, A School for Superheroes and The Wicker Street War. In addition, Susan is the writer/director of the audio drama THE AMERICAN IMMORTAL and the podcast THE WILD, WILD DEATH. A former James A. Michener Fellow in Screenwriting, Susan is a co-founder of Twenty-Two Twenty-Two Media and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Texas State University.