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Backstage Interview
"But another actor, Linda Jones, has a different approach. 'I think you have to be hyper-aware,' she says. '... I need to be alert like an athlete and not only know what's going on with my scene partner but also what's going on in front of me, behind me, in the audience." [On her performance in Trojan Women: A Love Story with Crowded Fire] ' ...[it was] almost an out-of-body experience,' she says, but at the same time she felt utterly present, in the zone." - Jean Schiffman, Backstage, June 2009 (to read the story in its entirety, click ▸here)
...Double Vision (World Premiere)
by Barbara Blumenthal Ehrlich
Don't Tell Miami/NYC Fringe
(*** - four stars, Time Out New York)
“The neighbor, played smartly by Linda Jones, is an appealing mix of control and nuttiness. She has a refreshing energy and brand of cheer.” -Rob Lester, EDGE New York City
“As Celia, Linda Jones gives a nuanced performance...” -William S. Gooch, New York Cool
“Linda Jones gives the whimsical Celia great depth...” -Victor Gluck, Theatre Scene
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
HoNkBarK! Theatre Company/Vital Theatre
“Ms. Jones makes for a fierce Lysander.” -Hannah Snyder-Beck, OnOffOff
“In her gender bending role, Jones acting is sharp and hilarious and is the highlight of the production.” -Eric Miles Glover, New Theatre Corps
Top Girls
by Caryl Churchill
Crowded Fire Theatre Company
“Linda Jones, as Marlene, emerges as the company’s major player, an indispensable actor of exceptional power, nuance and range.” -Brad Rosenstein, San Francisco Bay Guardian
A-A-America! (US Premiere)
by Edward Bond
Crowded Fire Theatre Company
"Jones is downright chilling as ‘the devil out the smokey pit'" -Chad Jones, Oakland Tribune
"The cast is both funny and frightening, with special credit going to the ever-versatile Linda Jones." -Jean Schiffman, Backstage West
"A committed performance from Linda Jones, as the sinister, coil-voiced Grandmother." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly
The Trojan Women: A Love Story (West Coast Premiere) (Upstage/Downstage Award - Outstanding Female Performance)
by Charles L. Mee
Crowded Fire Theatre Company
“Things start to cook...with Linda Jones’ excellent turn as an unhinged Andromache.” -Brad Rosenstein, SF Bay Guardian
"Linda Jones’ Andromache looks harrowed and haunted.&" -Joe Mader, SF Examiner
"Linda Jones’ post-traumatic sex-and-etiquette-obsessed Andromache delivers some sharp moments..." -Rob Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
"Linda Jones delivers a strong soliloquy as the musing, half-crazed Andromache, holding a Raggedy Andy doll. ‘I remember there were Friday night dances at the golf club,’ she says lightly, before lapsing into a fugue about being a faithful wife." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly
The Real Thing (Shellie Award nomination - Outstanding Female Performance)
by Tom Stoppard
Center Repertory Theatre
“Seer and Jones are absolutely magical together, and when they get rolling in a scene, sparks fly.” -Pat Craig, Contra Costa Times
"The principle actors, Richard Seer as Henry and Linda Jones as Annie, could hardly be better." -Robert Lee Hall, Piedmont Post
The Man Who Came to Dinner
by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Center Repertory Theatre
“…And then there’s Jones’ deft turn as Maggie, the secretary who falls in love with the local newspaperman and aspiring playwright. …When she gets caught scheming to chase a rival out of town, Jones goes so still and small she almost vanishes into the wallpaper. It’s an inspired and touching comic moment.” -Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle
Mrs. California
by Doris Baizley
River Stage
“The standout performance is Linda Jones as Mrs. San Bernardino. She is mesmerizing to watch.” -Patti Roberts, Sacramento News & Review
“Linda Jones as Mrs. San Bernardino is completely focused and faultless. Without uttering a word, Jones can induce
laughter...she is hilarious.” -Diane Bartlett, Sacramento Press-Tribune
The Marriage of Bete and Boo
by Christopher Durang
Eternity's Well Productions
“Only Linda Jones, as Bette’s hypersensitive sister Emily, provides the degree of character development this play demands. ...Because she makes this crucial character increasingly real, Emily’s final benediction does provide the family with its first genuine sense of peace.” -Diana Spinrad, Chicago Reader