Linda Roper's Resume

Phone:		(845) 471-3248			Height: Weight: Hair: Eyes:	5’ 4” 140 lbs. Brown Blue
Website: E-mail:		www.lindaroper.com linda[at]lindaroper[dot]com




Training
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (RSAMD) - Glasgow, Scotland - 1985 to 1988 Workshop with Lev Dodin, Maly Theatre of St Petersburg - Russia - 1992 Chekhov British American Drama Academy - Oxford, England - Summer 1995 Shakespeare Professional Lab Training & Showcase at The Simon Studio (Roger Hendricks Simon) - NYC 2004

Repertory Theatre
SCOTTISH THEATRE (1988 – 1992)
BRUNTON THEATRE (Director - Charles Nowosielski) CHAMBER MUSIC - Constance HAMLET - Gertrude JANE EYRE - Mrs. Fairfax NOISES OFF - Dotty SAINT JOAN - Saint Margaret THE MASSACRE OF TRANENT - Satan PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE (Dirs. - Clive Perry/Joan Knight) LYON RAMPANT - Queen Mary SLY FOX - Sly's Servant LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN - Lady Jedburgh WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION - Miss Clegg ROYAL LYCEUM & SCOTTISH TOUR (Director - Ian Wooldridge) VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE- Mrs. Lampari Understudy for Beatrice/Catherine				RSAMD AS YOU LIKE IT - Audrey CAMINO ROYALE - La Madrasita THE AGAMEMNON - Clytemnestra THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM- Mrs. Sullen THE SEAGULL - Paulina STAGS AND HENS - Bernie EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL A PERFECT ANALYSIS GIVEN BY A PARROT - Flora GRAND MAGIC - Mrs. Locasio MOTHER GOOSE - (PANTO) - Prince Rupert PLUGGED INTO HISTORY - Kay SCUM - Madame Masson SOMETHING UNSPOKEN - Cornelia AMSTERDAM AND DUTCH TOUR AS YOU LIKE IT- Audrey
AMERICAN THEATER (1995 - present)
BROADWAY BOUND- Kate BEDROOM FARCE- Delia CABARET- Fraulein Schneider CINDERELLA - Wicked Stepmother DESIGN FOR MURDER - Louisa FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - Eleanor I REMEMBER MAMA- Mama LETTICE AND LOVAGE- Lotte MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT- Aurelia MAJOR BARBARA - Major Barbara			MAME - Mrs. Upson MOON OVER BUFFALO - Ethel NIGHT OF THE IGUANA - Hannah STEEL MAGNOLIAS- Clairee THE COUNTESS- Lady Eastlake THE CHILDRENS HOUR- Mrs. Tilford THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE - Mary L. THREE SISTERS - Anfisa SHERLOCK HOLMES - Countess von Stalburg WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION - Janet McKenzie
Film
	PANIC IN WOMEN - Scottish Health Board Edinburgh, Scotland THE ART OF PLAY - Zen Mountain Monastery Mount Tremper, NY (USA)
Special Interests
	Served in the Woman’s Royal Naval Service (UK) (1962 - 1965) All-Women Trek through the Himalayas and Halfway up Mount Everest (1992) Traveled with the Dragoman Overland Expedition through India and Mid-East (1993) Lived, worked and studied at the Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt Tremper, NY (1994– 1995) Competed in the first ‘Round the World Clipper Yacht Race’ - Circumnavigated the world from England to Hong Kong and back (1996-1997) Created Japanese Zen garden at my home