Linda Maria Girón (they/them/Lin) is a queer theater maker, actor and playwright creating art to inspire collective liberation, radical empathy and queer joy. Most recently, Lin has performed onstage at Cinnabar Theater for STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and in back-to-back Shotgun Players’ shows BEST AVAILABLE and COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BETTIES. Lin makes their Marin Theater debut in the regional premiere of DO YOU FEEL ANGER? and returns to the Shotgun Players’ stage for the CSRS staging of HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
On film, Linda is known for appearing in queer-ky indie roles including the bi-curious ghost girl Sophia in DEAD IN LOVE; manic-pixie Portia in BFF love story GOLDEN and flirty florista Vera in the award-winning spanglish series, AMOR EN CUARENTENA.
An emerging playwright, their plays include: amémonos//let us love each other (Blue Ink Award & BAPF semi-finalist, 2022) and MEMORIA DEL SILENCIO EN EL PAÍS DE LA ETERNA PRIMAVERA (BAPF finalist, 2019). They hold new play commissions from Crowded Fire Theater, Alternative Theater Ensemble, City Street Artists, Town Hall Theater and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.
Performance and writing awards include the Michael Mansfield & Randy Sweringen Social Justice Award and the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize for Acting & Playwriting (both received at UC Berkeley, 2017); Best Female Lead Actor - Golden (NAFCo Rock n’ Reel Summer Film Fest, 2022) and Finalist Playwright (Playwrights Foundation Residents Playwrights Program, 2022).
By day, Lin is a freelance graphic designer, box office manager and teaching artist. Current residencies include Berkeley Rep School of Theater’s 2025 Young Writers of Color Cohort and Word for Word/YouthArts at ZSpace. BA: Theater & Performance Studies - UC Berkeley.
Lin lives in Oakland with their inspiring partner and their competitively inspiring cat.
CONTACT
on-camera: katie@jetalent.org
voice over: cal@jetalent.org
general inquiries: lindamagiron@gmail.com
