Linda Castro

About Linda Castro

Aug 31 2015 Ms Castro is an American born actress, trained in theatre arts at the University of California in Irvine. She earned a black belt in karate in 1983, and teaches tai chi at various venues. She also studied palmistry and has worked as a professional palm reader for corporate events and other entertainment events. She is the 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 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.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 Cal State Univ. Long Beach 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 The...

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