Linda Sutherland

Linda Sutherland is a director, theatre educator, and dramaturg who joined Trinity Repertory Company as a talkback leader in 2008 and a teaching artist in 2010. She designed and taught Beyond the Stage at Trinity Rep. She currently teaches Scene Study, Advanced Scene Study, and Young Critics Corner classes.

Linda previously served as associate director of education at the Huntington Theatre Company under the tenures of Peter Altman and Nicholas Martin. At HTC, Linda taught acting as well as the Young Critics Institute, directed the stage readings for the Young Voices Playwriting Workshop, and adapted and directed scripts based on HTC’s productions for the Mirror Performance Project. She also moderated the student matinee and humanities post-show discussions.

Linda is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA). She served the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival as a regional and national respondent and as a new play development director and dramaturg for KCACTF’s National Playwriting Program. Linda is an invited director and dramaturg for many of the new 10-minute plays presented at the Boston Theatre Marathon.

Linda has taught Theatre Appreciation at Providence College and Acting, Script Analysis, and Script Analysis for Film Media at the University of Rhode Island. She has taught and guest directed for the Emerson College, Rhode Island College, and Community College of Rhode Island theater programs, and is a retired faculty member of Boston University’s Arts Administration MS program. Linda is a member of the Advisory Board of Boston’s Theatre-in-Education company, Theatre Espresso. and has held positions as President of the New England Conference and Co-Chair of KCACTF, Region 1. She holds an AFA in Drama, a BFA in Directing and an MA in Theatre Education.