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Linda Castro: Recipient of several Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Outstanding Theatrical Event and Top Ten Best Actress awards for her work as an actor and producer in San Diego, including three Craig Noel Awards, two Patte Awards, and one each from Drama-Logue and Backstage West. She's also won acclaim for her regional work: named Best Actress in a Comedy by the American Stage Theatre in Florida. In southern California she has appeared at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Cassius Carter, Sledgehammer Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Theatre E!, Teatro Mascara Magica, North Coast Rep, South Coas
Linda Castro: Recipient of several Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Outstanding Theatrical Event and Top Ten Best Actress awards for her work as an actor and producer in San Diego, including three Craig Noel Awards, two Patte Awards, and one each from Drama-Logue and Backstage West. She's also won acclaim for her regional work: named Best Actress in a Comedy by the American Stage Theatre in Florida. In southern California she has appeared at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Cassius Carter, Sledgehammer Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Theatre E!, Teatro Mascara Magica, North Coast Rep, South Coast Rep, Taper’s Center Stage, and at regional theatres across the country. A sampling of her stage credits include Seraphina della Rosa in The Rose Tatto, Kimberly in Kimberly Akimbo, The Old One in Earthquake Sun, Prospero in The Tempest, Abby in Desire Under the Elms, Charlotta in The Cherry Orchard, Eurydice in the Oedipus trilogy, The Whole World’s Watching, The Mouth in Not I, Old Man Wilder in Cross-dressing in the Depression; and several appearances for the Playwrights Project and other local arts organizations. She is actively involved with schools and community outreach programs: two seasons for the La Jolla Playhouse POP tour; which brings original works to schools to educate students about the arts by presenting plays about issues that concern kids their age; six seasons with The Ensemble Arts Theatre, touring schools with a water conservation show that included historical and scientific information in an artistic presentation; and one season with Literature Alive!, a school touring show that brings various children’s books to the stage to encourage young students to read. Forums and discussions with students and teachers are an integral part of these outreach programs. Ms. Castro remains involved (for over ten years) with the Playwrights Project in various capacities (teacher, actor, supporter). Teaching middle-school students about writing, the arts, language, and communication skills. She also participates in Bookpals, a literacy program organized by the Screen Actors Guild for elementary schoolchildren. Currently she's working on a grant to bring arts to senior communities in underserved areas and where English is a second language -- working on it!As co-founder and director of the award-winning Grass Roots Greeks, she has directed and co-produced over 50 staged readings of the Greek tragedies, covering the entire canon of the extant plays. She has served as Artistic Director of the Greek reading series at 6th @ Penn Theatre, and is currently producing the Greek reading series at the Centro de la Raza in Balboa Park. The Grass Roots Greeks offers these readings (followed by a forum) to the public as part of their community outreach mission. The group also presents readings and forums at local colleges and high schools, as well as for other organizations such as the Hellenic Society. Under her leadership, the Grass Roots Greeks also produced a staged reading of Lysistrata as part of the international Lysistrata Project, to make a peaceful protest against the Iraq War and raise funds for Doctors Without Borders.
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