EDUCATION
Connecticut College, magna
cum laude, BA in Philosophy, National Honors Society,
Phi Beta Kappa, Rose Mary Parks Graduate Fellowship for Outstanding Personal
and Professional Qualifications.
Smith College, MSW,
Field trained at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,
and Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Conn.
PROFESSION
Psychotherapist
for individuals, couples and families. Private practice in Wickford, Rhode Island. Expertise in marital counseling, anxiety
disorders, stress related illness.
TEACHING
Workshops and individual
sessions for
.Performance
Anxiety
.Stress
and Anxiety Reduction in
Everyday Living
.Making Life Changing Decisions
THEATER
TRAINING
Voice training
with Authur Warfield, PA; Gustava Weiss, NYC; Sandra Chabot, RI.
Acting classes
with Wendy Overly, Gamm Theatre Artistic Associate ,RI; Fred Sullivan, Trinity
Rep actor, director, RI; Mark Peckham, Trinity Rep actor, RI; Ed Shea,
Artistic Director, 2nd Story Theatre and Bob Colonna, actor and
director, 2nd Story Theatre, RI.
THEATER EXPERIENCE
Co-founder of
Playwrights Place Productions, whose mission is to bring the works of local
playwrights to the stage.
Producer, Director,
Writer, Actor and Singer for Playwrights Place
Productions include
“Four of a Kind: the Story of the Four Chaplains,” “We Mustn’t Say
Goodbye: Music from WWII and Letters from the Front," Grate
Expectations: Homeless in New York,” “A Little Lower Than the Angels,
“co-produced with NewGate Theatre, and
“Love at Willow Manor.”
PLAYWRITING AND
AWARDS Please see Linda's Plays Link
Linda Thomas is a member
of:
The Dramatists Guild of America
The International Center for Women Playwrights
CONTACT LINDA AT:
linda_c_thomas@yahoo.com
·
This Blood's For You--Detroit Repertory Theatre
· Red Hot Mamas--Village Players, Vancouver, British
Columbia
· The Walk--Hudson River Classics, Hudson, NY (equity
reading)
· A Day in the Wife of Avery Mann--Indianapolis
University
· The Wall--Stage 3, Sonora, CA and Key West Theatre
Festival (staged reading)
· Family Matters--Canberra Repertory Company, Canberra,
Australia
· Bui-Doi: The Dust of Life--Angel Street Players,
Providence, RI (staged reading)
· The Walk--Andrew Keegan Theatre, Arlington, VA
(workshop production)
· Family Matters--Medford Community Theatre, Medford,
WI
· Magnificent Obsession--People's Players, Stamford
CT
· A Day in the Wife of Avery Mann--Christian Brothers
University, Memphis, TN & University of Judaism, LA
· The Babe, the Bard and the Baron--Playwrights'
Circle, Palm Springs, CA (staged reading)
· Red Hot Mamas--Detroit Repertory Theatre
· Ezra and Evil—Midland Community Theatre, Midland,
TX (Staged reading)
· The Bitch of Bailey’s Beach (award winner)
· What About Mimi? (award winner)
· Free Shot (award winner)
· Four of a Kind (PPP, Tiverton, RI)
·
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Little Lower than the Angels (Newport Historical Society)
· This Blood's for You (Crystal Springs Players, San Mateo, CA)
· Red Hot Mamas (Gallery Theatre, Marysville, CA)
· One Last Dance (Little Compton Community Theatre, Little
Compton, RI)
· Red Hot Mamas (Gaslight Theatre, Enid, OK)
·
Red Hot Mamas (Clarkston Village
Players, Clarkston, MI)
·
Something of Value (New
Play)
·
Red Hot
Mamas Broadway OnStage East Pointe, MI
·
Something of Value (New
Play)
·
A Cat Named Dog
and A Dog Named Cat (New
Play)
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