(she/her)
Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest
Cinderella's Stepmother, Granny, and Milky White in Into the Woods
In 24 seasons at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Linda has appeared in over 50 productions, including Wit Indecent Paradise Lost Tartuffe Humble Boy, and Napoli Milionaria!, which she also co-translated. Other writing projects include The Three Musketeers Saturday Sunday Monday Tracy’s Tiger, and Great Expectations. Shanghai, her original play, has been chosen for development by Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, LaunchPad, San Diego Rep, Desert Island Studios and Portland Shakespeare Project. As a Resident Artist at ART, Linda played leading roles in The Children, Doll’s House Part Two, The Quality of Life, The Cherry Orchard,and many others. She has also appeared at Portland Center Stage, Intiman, Off Broadway, Cincinnati Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Portland Shakespeare Project, Rogue Theatre Company, and others. A Fulbright Senior Scholar in Taiwan, Linda was also a Fulbright Specialist Grantee in Pakistan. She won a US Embassy Cultural Affairs grant that brought Pakistani artists to the OSF Green Show, plus Fulbright Travel Grants, a Dramalogue Best Actress Award, and an Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School.