What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie.

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.