Some Facts about Linda Castro


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 Irene in La Gaviota, The Woman in The Unexpected Man, Seraphina delle Rosa in The Rose Tattoo,  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. 

Linda as also been 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 fifteen 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.

 Ms. Castro has taught beginning and intermediate acting and scene study classes to adults and young adults at several performing arts schools:  The Beck Center for Performing Arts in Cleveland, OH; the Academy for Performing Arts in San Diego, CA; and The Junior Theatre of San Diego.  She often leads impromptu tai-chi classes and has done movement workshops at the Lansing YWCA (Lansing, MI) and the Actors Alliance of San Diego.  She has completed over 30 weeks of Viewpoints training over the years, and often leads such workshops for various theatre companies during production weeks.  She's taught theatre intro classes at CSULB for non-majors.

 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, as well as producing the Greek reading series at the Centro de la Raza in Balboa Park.  The Grass Roots Greeks offered readings (followed by a forum) to the public as part of their community outreach mission.  The group also presented 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.

  Ms. Castro is the co-founder/producer of L²  Productions which brought The Vagina Monologues to the Lyceum Theatre, and raised $20,000 for rape crisis centers and shelters for abused women in the San Diego area.    She was part of the Design and Performance Jury at San Diego State University’s annual presentation by MFA students in the areas of Set Design, Directing and Acting in 2005.

 TV and film credits include co-starring and recurring roles on ER, The Shield, Veronica Mars Cold Case, Philly, Top Dog, Bloodhounds, Silk Stalkings, The Gatekeeper, The OJ Simpson Story, Terriers, From the Chest and Ticker; as well as the web series: Aloha Undertakers; her role as Sequine is featured in Amazon Prime's 'Tale of the Circle Keys' filmed in Hawaii.   Ms. Castro has served on the board of 6th @ Penn Theatre, and the Actors Alliance of San Diego, Chronos Theatre Company and Playwrights Project.  She holds a bachelors degree in theatre arts from the University of California, Irvine and participated in the MFA program at Cal State Univ.  Linda  is a member of the SAG-AFTRA guild and Actors Equity Association, and the National Pen Women of America in Honolulu.

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TELEVISION & VIDEO
I know What You did Last Summer        costar/Protester Linda   Mesquite(Amazon)/ K Logan
Doogie Kamealoha                                 costar /Amy                  Disney/ J. Kasdan
Broken                                                     Principal/costar            Broken/K. Jones
Tales of the Circle Keys                           Principal/costar            K. Kaminanka/D. Diamond
On the Other Side (la Cie web)                Principal/lead              La Cie Collective  Polina Gorman
AlohaUndertakers (webseries)                  Principal-recurring        Gilani Simeda-Moiseff
Terriers(Pilot)                                                  Principal                  FX (S. Ryan/G. Brewer)
Veronica Mars (Pilot +)                       Mrs. Murphy - recurring       UPN R.Thomas/J. Silver
ER (Here & There)                                          Co-Star                    NBC/WB (C. Chulack)
The Shield  (The Cure )                                   Co-Star                    FX – S. Ryan (S. Brazil)
Cold Case (Sherry Darlin’)                            Co-Star                      CBS Bruckheimer (R. Talalay)
Philly  (pilot)                                                       Co-Star                 ABC Bochco Media (K. Hooks)
American Tragedy                                             Principal                CBS B. Levinson (L. Schiller)
Silk Stalkings  (Jasmine)                                    Co-Star               USA Stu Segal Prod. (R. Estes)
Hearts Adrift  (MOW)                                         Principal               USA Stu Segal Prod. (V. Sarin)
KPBS                                                              Live Co-Anchor       KPBS (M. Wallace)
Bloodhounds (MOW)                                         Principal             CNM Productions (M. Kalleman)
Everybody’s Business                                     Moderator        Live/National CalPoly U.(Threlkeld)

FILM :  
Tale of the Circle Keys                            Principal                         K Kaminaka/Diq Diamond
Ticker                                                      Featured  Principal        Cinescape/S. Seagal (A. Pyun)
From the Chest                                                  Co-Star               MediaArts (C. Collins)
The Gatekeeper                                      Featured  Principal         Axium (J Frey)
Streetsweeper                                                     Co-Star              James Hill Prod. (J. Hill)
Dreamers                                                           Featured              Dark Lantern Prod. (A. Lu)
Top Dog                                                               Principal            Top Dog Prod. (A. Norris)
Burying Alex                                                          Lead                 Blackbird Prod. (M. Hafner)
Love Always                                                        Featured             CineWest Prod. (J. Eberhard)

REGIONAL THEATRE:            
La Gaviota   (world premiere)                             Irene –lead            ion theatre (G. Paris)
The Unexpected Man                                  The Woman-lead         Cesear’s Forum (G. Cesear)
The Rose Tattoo                                   Serefina delle Rose-lead   Ensemble Theatre (L Columbi)
Kimberly Akimbo                                    Kimberly – lead                   Moxie Theatre (D. Turner)
Earthquake Sun                                        The Old One – principal    SD Repertory (L. Valdez)
A Lesson From Aloes                                         Gladys-lead              6th @ Penn (L. Torner)
The Breeze, The Gust ….                   Gale Force –principal    La Jolla Plyhs POP tour (D. Fields)
Four Beckett Shorts                                   Not  I – solo piece      6th @ Penn (L-Squared/Jacobs)
The Vagina Monologues                  Director/Reader/Producer      The Lyceum (L-Squared Prod.)
Marriage Is Forever                                La India - lead                San Diego Rep (S. Woodhouse)
A Quiet Love                                  Sophie/Josephina/Ralph       San Diego Repertory (D. Jacobs)
Sylvia                                                      Tom/Phyllis/Leslie         American Stage Co. (L. Powers)
Oedipus The Whole World's...                       Eurydice              San Diego Rep (Jacobs/Fledsher)
The Tempest                                            Prospero -Lead                Cygnet Theatre (S. Murray)
Desire Under The Elms                          Abbie Putnum -Lead          North Coast Rep (M. Peiper)
Hamlet                                                 First Player/Osrick          San Diego Repertory (T. Salovey)
The Peacock Screams...                         Anne -Lead           Sledgehammer Theatre (S. Feldsher)
Cross‑Dressing In The Depression     Old Man Wilder -Lead           Theatre E (L. Portes)
Murder Of Crows                                     Crow #2 -Principal          WordWorks/SD Rep (D. Cash)
The Bitter Tears Of Petra Vonkant        Petra vonKant -Lead         Diversionary Theatre (L. Miller)
The Women                                                   Nancy Blake                 S.D. Repertory (A. Bogart)
The Cherry Orchard                              Charlotta Ivanova               La Jolla Playhouse (T. Moore)
Woyzek                                                     Marie -Lead         Sledgehammer Theatre (S. Feldsher)
                                                                                                                                                          SPECIAL SKILLS:  Karate (Black belt) ;Tai Chi ;  Accents/Dialects (Latin, British, Southern, Eastern U.S.; Dance (Jazz & Modern)    Tennis    Swim;   Teleprompter/IFP  TRAINING: MFA Candidate: CSU Long Beach;  BFA UC Irvine; VIEWPOINT TRAINING ‑ Anne Bogart    SHAKESPEARE MASTER CLASS ‑ Richard Easton     AWARDS:  Best Newcomer 1988;  Best Actress (Lady MacBeth) 1991;  Best Supporting Actress & DramaLogue (The Women) 1992; Outstanding Performance 1993 (Murder of Crows); Top Ten Performances:  1994 (Cross‑Dressing and Peacock Screams) , 1995 (Tempest,  Desire Under the Elms & La Pastorela); Featured in Union Tribune, KPBS On Air Magazine and San Diego Reader (1995);  DramaLogue and Top Ten 1996 (Whole  World is Watching and Sylvia);  DramaLogue 1997 (A Quiet Love); Critics Pick 1999 (Marriage), Noelie for outstanding prod. (Greeks) 2002  Patte Award for Theatre Event (Greeks) 2003; Billie Award (Kimberly Akimbo) 2004, Patte Award (Kimberly) 2004; SD Critics Best Actress Award (Kimberly) 2004; Best Ensemble (Kimberly Akimbo) 2004; Cleveland Scene Best Actress Award 2007 (The Rose Tattoo) Top 10 (Gaviota) 2009