Short Bio

SHORT BIO

CONTACT: AmesKey@aol.com // 646-552-5502

LINDA AMES KEY is the CTE Drama Teacher at Fordham High School for the Arts in the Bronx. At Fordham Arts: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, FAME JR. ,THE CRUCIBLE (SHUBERT BROADWAY FESTIVAL), RANKED, THE MUSICAL (VIRTUAL), TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 (SHUBERT BROADWAY FESTIVAL) ,THE TROJAN WOMEN, MACBETH, EVITA, A CHORUS LINE, INTO THE WOODS, IN THE HEIGHTS, Bethel Woods’ Youth Summer Drama Camp, 2015 & 2016; TWILIGHT LOS ANGELES: 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith; BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD By William Mastrosimone (Fringe First Winner, Edinburgh Fringe Festival); THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moises Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Ensemble (Fringe First Winner); THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Cochrane Theatre, London, BRINK OF LIFE by Oliver Lake and Laura Ekstrand at Dreamcatcher Rep; Assistant Director INSIDE OUT with CAT Youth Theatre. Non youth theatre credits include TRANSSCRIPTS by Paul Lucas at Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Fringe First Winner, 2015); NO EXIT at Pearl Theatre Company; 365 PLAYS/365 DAYS by Suzan Lori Parks for Gansfeld at Public Theater; EMBRACING FREEDOM by Nick Van Hoogstraten, REMEMBER THE DREAM by Carla Cantrelle for the Ellis Island Foundation; LONE STAR GRACE and RITA FAYE PRUITTE by Suzanne Bradbeer for Six Figures Theatre Company; FULL BLOOM, THE RISEN CHRIS, BETHLEHEM, MY WIFE'S COAT and OVERHEAD for Vital Theatre; VELMA GRATCH AND THE WAY COOL BUTTERFLY, THE BULLY, THE KLEZMER NUTCRACKER, A TOOTH (FAIRY) TALE and MY NEW YORK for Vital Family Programming; ALISON'S HOUSE and OF SLEEP AND SHADOW at the Mint Theatre Company, NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS,  CLOWNING THE BARD at FringeNYC, THE DRUMMERS with PROJECT RWANDA. In 2011 and 2013, she was proud to participate in Project Rwanda fco-acilitate a production of THE DRUMMERS and THE LAST TOWN ON EARTH under the guidance of Chris Vine and Helen White.