Linda Bair

Linda Bair

Linda spent years telling stories in film before finding her voice in theater. Her background as a classical pianist and editor/mixer for film is evident in the artistic and structural role that audio and visual elements play in her work. Her characters are drawn from lived experience, and she typically uses classic dramatic structures to tell stories that explore the immutable shortcomings of human nature....
Linda spent years telling stories in film before finding her voice in theater. Her background as a classical pianist and editor/mixer for film is evident in the artistic and structural role that audio and visual elements play in her work. Her characters are drawn from lived experience, and she typically uses classic dramatic structures to tell stories that explore the immutable shortcomings of human nature.

She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the New Play Exchange, Working Title Playwrights Lab, Atlanta, and a former board member of Synchronicity Theater in Atlanta. Linda lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and miniature dachshund, Oliver.

Plays

  • Believing Norman by Linda Bair
    Cast: 
    8–11
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller + 2 more
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    Keyword: modes of belonging, creation of identity + 7 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller, political, young audiences
    Keyword: modes of belonging, creation of identity, biracial identity, vet with PTSD, non-binary character, top surgery, lying politicians, Machiavellian scheming, violence against LGBTQ
    It’s 2022 in upper middle-class urban America. Mixed-race twin teens, AIDN (they/them) and CAIT (she/her), go undercover to find out who and what is behind the delivery of insidious bright yellow capes in their neighborhood. Along the way, they uncover lies that shake the foundation of their identities. They grapple with family secrets, disillusionment, and disappointment. In the end, CAIT and AIDN show us...
    It’s 2022 in upper middle-class urban America. Mixed-race twin teens, AIDN (they/them) and CAIT (she/her), go undercover to find out who and what is behind the delivery of insidious bright yellow capes in their neighborhood. Along the way, they uncover lies that shake the foundation of their identities. They grapple with family secrets, disillusionment, and disappointment. In the end, CAIT and AIDN show us how to “belong” without losing ourselves in the process.
     
  • DELIRIUM by Linda Bair
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: biography, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: a marriage in crisis, Struggle and transformation + 4 more
    Genre: biography, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: a marriage in crisis, Struggle and transformation, what is reality?, COVID19, dreams and hallucinations, living with disabilities
    It is 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Musicians Claire and John struggle to maintain connection in their marriage as they grapple with his acute delirium during a debilitating illness. They live in two separate realities for months on end, and their inability to communicate - and the pressing realization of his permanent disabilities - bring their marriage to the brink of collapse. Claire must let go of her rigid...
    It is 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Musicians Claire and John struggle to maintain connection in their marriage as they grapple with his acute delirium during a debilitating illness. They live in two separate realities for months on end, and their inability to communicate - and the pressing realization of his permanent disabilities - bring their marriage to the brink of collapse. Claire must let go of her rigid mindset to find a new way of being with John, and to learn how to live with his disabilities. In a surprising and uplifting twist, their two perceptions of reality learn to coexist in this true story about believing in the non-rational, and the resilience of love.