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Story by Susan Collins, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.
Creative commons music by Oursvince.
Susan Collins is an actress who has worked in both NYC and L.A., in TV, film, and theater productions, including such shows Star Trek: Next Generation, Murder One, a Roseanne Barr Movie of the Week, Murder She Wrote and many others. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, where she is the mother of two and is working on her one-woman show.
The photo above is of Susan's birth parents, George and Judy, at their prom. You can read more about the ALMA Society, referenced in this story, here.
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Story by Susan Collins, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.
Creative commons music by Oursvince.
Susan Collins is an actress who has worked in both NYC and L.A., in TV, film, and theater productions, including such shows Star Trek: Next Generation, Murder One, a Roseanne Barr Movie of the Week, Murder She Wrote and many others. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, where she is the mother of two and is working on her one-woman show.
The photo above is of Susan's birth parents, George and Judy, at their prom. You can read more about the ALMA Society, referenced in this story, here.
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Susan Collins: My name is Susan Collins, I’m originally from New Jersey, a little town called Shrewsbury. And I now reside in Brooklyn, New York.
My parents told me as a young child that I was adopted. This wasn’t a big shocker, you know? From the moment I could walk and talk, they sat me down and told me I was adopted and they painted a really cool picture, I’ve got to tell you. Like, the picture was, we were at a glass window, we were the first ones in line, all these people were behind us and there were like 12 babies and everybody wanted you, and you’re like “yeah”. And they make you sound really good, they’re like, “and we picked you and everybody was jealous in line.” And so you’re like, “I’m adopted.” You had a whole attitude about being adopted. It was like “yeah, I was chosen, you weren’t chosen.” I carried that as young kid for a little while until my mom was like, “no, tha...
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