Linda Maria Girón (they/them/elle) is a queer, guate-americane theatremaker and interdisciplinary artist from Los Angeles, CA. Their work primarily takes form in dramatic writing and acting for the American stage, visual and performance art, poetry, music and illustration.
Their play MEMORIA DEL SILENCIO EN EL PAÍS DE LA ETERNA PRIMAVERA (Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, workshop production) was awarded the Michael Mansfield and Randy Sweringen Social Justice Award and received Finalist recognition in the Playwrights' Foundation's 2019 Bay Area Playwrights' Festival. WHITE IRIS was produced in PianoFight's ShortLived VI Festival and was awarded the Theatre Bay Area 2019 CA$H CREATES Grant.
Devised works and collaborations include: DECOLONIZE YOUR SEX LIFE (Cutting Ball Theater, actor/writer), PORT STORIES (co-prod. The Peripatetic Players & Idiot String, actor/writer) and 3GT INVESTIGATES: BIRTH RIGHTS (3GirlsTheatre, co-writer).
Linda is currently under commission with Crowded Fire Theater's 2020/21 R&D Lab for their new play AMÉMONOS // LET US LOVE EACH OTHER.
Plays
In the land of eternal spring, where ghosts outnumber the living, nearby villages have disappeared and roses grow larger than cattle; young Mari and her Tia Irma face the boundaries of love when tested by the realities of life— aging, war and illness.
Iris is proud to be Latinx. She also dates a lot of white folx. What's the big deal, right? But with a mom who's Down with La Raza and a grandma who dreams of blue eyed babies; Iris' love life becomes a political battleground. With help from her poetry and a bag of shrooms, Iris learns to understand herself, her roots and her path to love.
The 7th of December is a magical day for Luz and abuela Marylin. But with tightening border restrictions, incoming college pressures and now a global pandemic, their yearly connections slow to a halt. Until one night, La Virgen Maria makes herself known...