About

Satu is a Canadian-American writer, director, composer-lyricist, and performer in Los Angeles. Between calypso and Finnish folk, music was a constant presence in her multicultural childhood home in rural Nova Scotia. In 2022, she wrote, produced, and performed in the workshop of her original post-punk musical King Nigel’s Nervous Breakdown at the Victory Theatre in Burbank, CA. This lead to her radio debut with original song, “XX Hex” on KXRY FM Portland.

• King Nigel’s Nervous Breakdown will hold its Los Angeles premiere at the Art of Acting Studio as part of Hollywood Fringe Fest with 5 performances starting on June 9, 2024. TICKETS •

Credits

Film: Director, Queen Gorya. Writer-Director, Hessians of Burbank (feature, in development). “Mira,” The Coalition (Magnolia Pictures). TV: Guest Music Act (with former band, Modern Time Machines), The Eric André Show (Cartoon Network), “Officer Shireen,” Rizzoli & Isles (TNT). Theater: Assistant Director, Indecent, Much Ado About Nothing, & Julius Caesar (Art of Acting Studio, LA). Performer, Cabaret (Bindlestiff Theatre, San Francisco), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Oxford Shakespeare Co., New York), Jesus Christ Superstar (City Stage, Wilmington, NC), Marisol (Harold Clurman Lab Theatre, LA).

Satu is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, and Maestra.