Artist

Evan Linder is a founding member and the Co-Artistic Director of The New Colony in Chicago, IL. He works as a playwright, actor and director. His plays include FRAT, 11:11, The Warriors, The Bear Suit of Happiness (published by Chicago Dramaworks), B-Side Studio and5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche which ran Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse, is published by Samuel French, and has been performed all over the U.S., Europe and Australia. Works in development include The Hunted, co-written with Paul Oakley Stovall and The Issue which is in currently in workshops with The New Colony. He has acted in over 40 productions, most recently as Jonathan in ReWILDing Genius as part of Steppenwolf’s Garage Rep. Evan teaches playwriting at the University of Chicago. evanlinder.com