Lynda Shadrake--actor, improviser, and everymom--is thrilled to bring Griffin Theatre's Letters Home back to Chicago for a remount at The Den Theatre this spring. A Griffin Theatre ensemble member, Lynda has has toured extensively with Griffin's Letters Home and Frindle. She appeared in their critically acclaimed productions of  Pocatello (Doris) and Balm in Gilead (Kay), both directed by Jonathan Berry. Last year she made her Redtwist Theatre debut as Marty in Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation directed by Scott Weinstein. With Oak Park Festival Theatre, she portrayed Mrs. Eysnford-Hill in the  Jeff-recommended Pygmalion directed by Jason Gerace, and Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest.  Lynda was thrilled to  have played two different moms in two different web series: The Adventures of Jacketman and  seasons one and two of The Dreamers!   Lynda is a regular performer with The League of Improv Heroes most recently performing at Open Door Rep in Oak Park. She is also a co-creator and performer in The Spew, the long-running spoof of TV's The View. She was featured in Stage Left's Leapfest 2014 in the new play Mine and Yours at the Storefront Theater.  Recent independent films include Teenage Ghost Punk, Dear Mr. Fidrych,  and Hunter.  And, yes, you did see her in that carpet commercial.  Check out some of her work on the Media page. 

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