I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights.

She has played for the Chicago Steppenwolf Goodman and Victory Gardens theaters as well as for the Curious Theatre Company the Northlight Repertory and others and has also worked for Yoplait WBEZ and the Chicago Jazz Festival. Strus played Janine in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and plays Rachel in Jason Lew's and Gus Van Sant's Restless. As a theater major Lusia Strus joined Greg Allen's Neo-Futurist ensemble in 1993 which Lusia Strus wrote solo and ensemble performances for.