Linda Parris-Bailey

Playwright

Biography

Linda is the Executive/Artistic Director and primary Playwright-in-Residence for The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. Her works primarily focus on themes of transformation and empowerment. Her most recent work, Speed Killed My Cousin, was featured as the opening event of the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ Micro-Fest in Appalachia. “Speed” has received a 2014 New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), National Theater Project Award. Her play, Dark Cowgirls and Prairie Queens is considered the company’s signature work and continues to tour and be produced nationally.