Linnea George

Bio

Up to this point, I see myself as being a nomadic theatre artist who has gathered her seeds from different places and is looking to plant them in rich soil so that they may bloom into a lifelong career.

The first seeds given to me were in Bay View, Michigan where I participated in musicals directed by retired NY director, Willard Peirce. I picked up a Confidence seed when Willard told me he watched me “all the time” and that I was “very good.” As I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I gathered seeds named Music, Discipline, and Hard-work as I observed the lives of parents who are professional musicians. Working with Heidi Rose Robbins who cast me (the ugly-duckling at the time) as Katherine in Interlochen Summer Art’s production of Henry V, gave me the seeds of Inspiration and Hope.

Resilience, Passion, Pain and Disappointment were the seeds I gathered at the University of Illinois. Amid the harsh criticism and inescapable negativity found in the Theatre department, two gardeners—John Ahart and Dr. Robin McFarquhar—provided the much needed inspiration I needed not to quit.

When I moved to Los Angeles, I found the seeds of Excitement and Joy as I quickly found an agent, learned to surf, played my violin in a band and met the man who is now my husband.

In 2004, my husband and I moved to Europe. This was a very hard time for me. In Budapest, I gathered the seeds of Isolation, and Darkness as I questioned my purpose in life. In Germany, I collected seeds of Perseverance, Acceptance and Courage. I accepted myself as an artist in Dresden and asked my husband for another chance to pursue my dreams. In 2007 we moved back to the United States.

The Bay Area has been a wonderful place for all my seeds to mix with a rich fertilizer made of Thanksgiving, Praise, Dreams and a dash of Direction. My theatrical garden is finally starting to grow in the Bay Area!