{{Short description|Theatrical press agent}} {{about||the American law professor|Susan Low Bloch|people of a similar name|Susan Bloch (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person |name=Susan Bloch |birth_date=1940 |birth_place=United States |death_date={{death date|1982|5|10}} |death_place=United States |occupation=Press agent }}
'''Susan Bloch''' (1940 – 10 May 1982) was a theatrical press agent based in New York City.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/11885/Susan-Bloch | title=Susan Bloch | publisher=Playbill | work= Playbill Vault | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://broadwayworld.com/people/Susan_Bloch/ |title=Susan Bloch Theater Credits | publisher=Broadway World | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref>
==Biography== Bloch was born in Canton, New York and attended Syracuse University. She was the director of public relations for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center from 1965 to 1973. She ran a graduate theater course at Fordham University and produced the ''Theater Highlights'' radio program on WNCN-FM. While working at Janus Films, she established a feature film library for public television stations. She was awarded an Outer Critics Circle Award in 1971, the first such award for publicity and public relations.<ref name="NYTObit">[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/obituaries/susan-bloch-42-dies-public-relations-agent.html "Susan Bloch, 42, Dies; Public Relations Agent"], ''The New York Times'', May 11, 1982.</ref>
Towards the end of her life, the Broadway theatre press agent Adrian Bryan-Brown worked with her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/adrian_bryan_brown|title=Biography: Adrian Bryan-Brown|publisher=American Theatre Wing|work=Biography|date=September 2009|access-date=October 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129103312/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/adrian_bryan_brown|archive-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref>
She died from kidney disease in Tiburon, California in 1982.<ref name="NYTObit"/> After her death, the Roundabout Theatre Company Stage 11 at 307 West 26th Street in Manhattan was named '''Susan Bloch Theater''' in her honor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://broadwayworld.com/shows/theatre.php?theatre_id=6252 | title=Susan Bloch Theater | publisher=Broadway World| accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/venues/3113 | title=The Susan Bloch Theatre | publisher=About the Artists | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOcCAAAAMBAJ&q=susan+bloch+press+agent&pg=PA82|title=The Sorry And The Lively|author=John Simon|date=1982-11-29}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=theater&id=388 Susan Bloch Theatre], Lortel Archives (accessed 2014-12-06).</ref>
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