linda maria girón

Linda Maria Girón (they/them, lin) is a queer, Guatemalan-american theater maker creating art to inspire collective liberation, radical empathy and queer joy.

Most recently, Lin has performed onstage at Crowded Fire Theater in LIMP WRIST ON THE LEVER, Marin Theater in DO YOU FEEL ANGER?, Cinnabar Theater’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Shotgun Players’ COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BETTIES. On film, Lin is known for appearing in ‘queer-ky’ indie roles, including bi-curious ghost girl Sophia in DEAD IN LOVE; manic-pixie Portia in BFF love story GOLDEN and flirtatious florist love interest Vera in the award-winning spanglish web-series, AMOR EN CUARENTENA.

An emerging playwright, lin’s new plays include: amémonos//let us love each other(commissioned by Crowded Fire Theater’s R&D Lab 2021; recognized Blue Ink Award & BAPF semi-finalist, 2022), Memoria del silencio en el país de la eterna primavera//Memory of Silence in the Land of Eternal Spring (workshop production MCCLA, 2018; recognized BAPF finalist, 2019) and Limão y Sal (workshop: Playground SF, 2023). Lin is artist-in-residence at Studio B. Wolff where they are continuing development of en útero//in utero (upcoming workshop: August 28). Past performance and writing awards include the Michael Mansfield & Randy Sweringen Social Justice Award and the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize for Acting & Playwriting (2017); and Finalist Playwright recognitions for Playwrights’ Foundation Resident Playwrights' Program (2022).

By day, Lin is a freelance graphic designer and teaching artist. BA: Theater & Performance Studies - UC Berkeley. MA: Theater Arts - UC Santa Cruz

Lin lives in Oakland with their inspiring partner and their competitively inspiring cat. Abolish ICE. Free Palestine.