Linda Ayres-Frederick, the Phoenix Theatre’s Artistic Director since 1985, has enjoyed a diverse career as a theatre professional in Bay Area theatres as well as NYC, Edinburgh, France and Alaska. A member of AEA/AFTRA-SAG, SFBA Theatre Critics Circle (VP), Monday Night Playwrights and the Dramatists Guild, Linda is twice a Shubert Playwriting Fellow with productions, performances and publications worldwide including Best of SF Fringe 2010 & 2011 (for her play AFIELD) and Best Play of Marin Fringe 2012 for her solo CANTATA #40 which was later performed at the Marsh SF, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, The SF Fringe, and The Last Frontier Theatre Conference.