Linda Past
E-mail: lindapehrson@hotmail.comLinda Diane Past, actress/dancer
phone/fax: 212-564-4899 (Composers Concordance)
Linda Past
| Eyes: Brown | AEA | Height: 5'9" Hair: Brown |
| Vocal Range: B to G | AFTRA | Dress Size: 8 |
| SAG - NY108841 | Weight: 120 lbs. |
New York Theatre Part I
| New York Theatre | Role | Theatre Company |
 The Tempest by Wm. Shakespeare |
Goddess Juno | Pulse Ensemble Theatre, August 2001, April 2002 |
| A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau |
Gennie | Pulse Ensemble Theatre (2001) |
| Macbeth by Wm. Shakespeare | 1st Witch, Murderer & Apparition |
Pulse Ensemble Theatre (2000) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream by Wm. Shakespeare |
Robin Starvling & Moonshine |
Pulse Ensemble Theatre (2000) |
| The Country Wife by Wim. Wycherly |
Lady Squeamish | Pulse Ensemble Theatre (2000) |
 As You See It by Luigi Pirandello |
Mrs. Nenni | Pulse Ensemble Theatre (1999) |
| The Birth of Merlin (Shakespeare) |
Lucina, Queen of the Shades | The Play's The Thing (1998) |
| A Christmas Carol by Tom Frey |
Mrs. Cratchitt & Madrigal/Narrator |
The Play's The Thing (1997) |
 Our Town by Thorton Wilder |
Mrs. Webb | The Play's The Thing (1996) |
| The Creative Void of the Planet Earth by Deborah Sandoval |
Woman Artist | Performance Workshop (1996) |
| Tilly the Television (1 & 2) by Neil Corcoran |
Suit Woman & NAW |
Performance Workshop (1995) |
| Muffin Mix by Neil Corcoran |
Sister of the Sixties |
Performance Workshop (1995) |
| Cobalt Blues by Neil Corcoran |
Margo Lake | Performance Workshop (1995) |
| Bone and Shadow by Neil Corcoran |
Pheobe Kaiser | Performance Workshop (1995) |
| Vlad by Tom McBride |
Abdula & Mirella | Performance Workshop (1994) |
| The Big Show by Neil Corcoran |
Dovanna Boulaine | Performance Workshop (1994) |
Films & TV (1982-1994)
Background work on various films and TV shows such as: Everyone Says I Love You, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Awakenings, One Life to Live, Hair, Perfect, Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Stand-in Work
Paper Dolls (Mimi Rogers), 84 Charing Cross Road (Mercedes Ruehl), The Equalizer and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Summer Stock
| Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams |
Vee Talbot | Heritage Playhouse (1977) |
| Inherit the Wind by Lawrence & Lee |
Rachel Brown | Heritage Playhouse (1977) |
| The Philadelphia Story by Phillip Barry |
Margaret Brown | Heritage Playhouse (1977) |
| Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell |
Sister Bessie | Heritage Playhouse (1977) |
| The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw |
Townsperson | Harvard Summer Rep. (1976) |
| Life With Father by Lindsay & Crouse |
Delia | Harvard Summer Rep. (1976) |
Concerts
Interviewer of "Meet the Composer" award recipients on Composer's Concordance Concerts
Actress/dancer in Dinu Ghezzo's internet performances of Search for Euridice and Cassandra
Dancer/choreographer in Joseph Pehrson's Hexy, Unheard,and Verklarte Neunzehn and narrator of On the Nature of the Universe at the Dom concert space in Moscow, Russia.
Performed Hexy at the concert space Roulette and as part of OPAL's solo performance program at Pulse Theatre, NYC.
Narrator of Noah's Ark with the Linda Diamond Dance Company at Worldwide Plaza, NYC.
Choreographer of the Lindy in The Saint of Bleecker Street, the Feziwig's Ball in A Christmas Carol, and a pas de deux for actor Ray Book and herself in The Birth of Merlin, a play attributed to Shakespeare.
Quote from the New Music Connoisseur Magazine: May 1, 2012: "(Hubert) Howe's own electronic "19-tone Clusters," which was the highlight of the evening, breathtakingly inhabited and danced by Linda Past-- Leonard J. Lehrman
Training
| 1964-1971 | U of Minnesota, Minneapolis | BA, Eng. lit., BS Eng./Speech/Theater |
| 1974-1975 | American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco |
Acting - Robert Mooney, Bob Levitt |
| 1975-1976 | Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC | Acting - Sanford Meisner, Phillip Gushee, William Esper |
Special Abilities
Study ballet, voice (mezzo soprano), performed in operas "The Saint of Bleecker Street", "Amahl and the Night Visitors" by Menotti, and "The Dialogues of the Carmelites" by Poulenc, modeled hair for Clairol, fashion for illustrators & photographers, some runway work. Certified English/theater/speech teacher, secondary level.
Linda with Tennessee Williams in the 1970's