After Sold-Out Debut, Toots McApplesauce Returns October 9
"My little loves, powder your nose and save the date! But please don’t powder the date and save the nose. I did that once and, frankly, the invitations never recovered. But they looked fabulous."
Join Toots for an enchanting evening of classic cabaret, live singing, laughter, and stories that may—or may not—arrive at their intended destination.
As featured in Pasadena Now, performer, writer, comedian, and singer Susan Sassi returns to Visionarium Live Italian as her vintage cabaret character Toots McApplesauce in An Evening with Toots McApplesauce: Only Slightly Misbehaving on Friday, October 9, 2026, from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Blending classic jazz and Great American Songbook favorites with original musical parody, character comedy, storytelling, and playful audience interaction, Only Slightly Misbehaving brings old-Hollywood glamour together with a gloriously wandering train of thought.
Toots McApplesauce wants to be a lady. Unfortunately, her brain wants to be a junk drawer. She is an elegant, slightly absent-minded cabaret hostess whose wit, warmth, and habit of misplacing her own thoughts make every performance feel polished, personal, and completely unpredictable.
Between the music, the memories, and whatever she came into the room to say, Toots attempts to maintain her dignity while her brain attempts to go on vacation. The evening invites guests to enjoy dinner, music, laughter, and a performer who is trying very hard to behave herself.
Tickets are $25 and are applied toward Visionarium’s $30 food and beverage minimum during the event.
AN EVENING WITH TOOTS McAPPLESAUCE: ONLY SLIGHTLY MISBEHAVING
Written and Performed by Susan Sassi
Parody Songs Written by Susan Sassi and Kristina Billy
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Friday, October 9, 2026
7:00–9:00 p.m.
LOCATION
Visionarium Live Italian
South Pasadena, California
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets: $25, redeemable toward the $30 food and beverage minimum
ABOUT SUSAN SASSI AND TOOTS McAPPLESAUCE
Susan Sassi is a Los Angeles–based singer, comedy writer, stand-up comedian, actress, and self-producing artist whose work blends satire, musical theatre, and character-driven comedy. Her writing has been recognized by competitions including Austin Film Festival, Women In Film, CineStory, and ScreenCraft, and her satire has appeared in McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, Weekly Humorist, and other comedy publications. A summa cum laude graduate of Point Park University’s musical theatre program and former Dorothy Haas Acting Apprentice at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre, Sassi has created original work for the stage, screen, and live comedy. Through her vintage alter ego Toots McApplesauce, she combines music, storytelling, and audience interaction while making increasingly ambitious attempts to behave like a lady. www.susansassi.com
Kristina Billy is a writer and veteran narrative and mocap video game professional with more than 20 years of experience in AAA video games. Her credits include Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Dead Space, Need for Speed, and The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. She graduated from the Second City Writing program, previously wrote and directed for Top Story! Weekly at iO West, and currently is EP for the YouTube series Who Wants To Do Some Math With Ms Okey. As co-writer of several of Toots McApplesauce’s original musical parodies, Billy brings her considerable storytelling experience to the far more perilous business of finding new rhymes for chocolate, firefighters, and bosoms.
Check out Susan Sassi's member profile at https://www.iwclist.com/team/susan-sassi.
