First Name
Linda
Middle Name
Last Name
Sutherland
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Job Title
Dramaturg/Teaching Artist/Talkback Facilitator
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Biography
Linda Sutherland is a director/teaching artist/talkback leader at Trinity Repertory Company. She designed and led the class Beyond The Stage @ Trinity Rep and teaches Introduction to Acting and Contemporary Scene Study. Linda previously served as Associate Director of Education at the Huntington Theatre Company where she taught the Young Critics Institute, directed the stage readings for the Young Voices Playwriting Workshop and adapted and directed scripts for the Mirror Performance Project. As an educational dramaturg, Linda created over 40 literary/curriculum guides for HTC productions. Linda is an active Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional and national respondent, as well as a new play development director and dramaturg for KCACTF’s National Playwriting Program. Ten-minute play directing credits include: "The Mermaid," "Delivery," "The Search" (KCACTF Region 1 Finalist), "Eye of the Storm," "Leave a Message," "Occupy Hallmark" (The Gary Garrison Outstanding Ten Minute Play Award), "The Eleven O'clock Number," the world premiere of Gary Garrison's "Skirting the Issue" (Boston Theatre Marathon XV), Lisa Kenner Grissom's "Drinks Before Flight" (Boston Theatre Marathon XVI), Deidre Girard's "Heading Toward Tiki Villa (Boston Theatre Marathon XVII) . Linda is a part-time faculty member with Boston University’s Arts Administration MS program, a Guest Director at Rhode Island College and adjunct faculty at the University of Rhode Island and Providence College.
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Interested in freelance opportunities
Yes
Languages spoken (New)
English