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ABOUT

Linda Libby is thrilled to be on the founding faculty of Bayfront Charter High School. An award-winning actress and arts educator, Linda holds an Eminence Credential from the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing, the 27th issued since 1979.  The first woman to receive the Craig Noel San Diego Critics Circle Actor of the Year in 2013, she was honored with the San Diego Bravo Icon Award for Theatre in 2016.  A founder of the San Diego Actors Alliance, Linda earned her MFA in theatre from Temple University. She taught theatre classes at Southwestern College, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Maryville College, and Pellissippi State College. An active member of the San Diego theatre community, she is a Founding Company Member of Ion, an Associate Artist with Lambs Players, and a Resident Artist at Cygnet Theatre. Recently, Linda played Margaret Thatcher in Handbagged for Moxie Theater, Josephine in the world premiere of Put Your House in Order at La Jolla Playhouse, Anne Marie in A Doll's House Part 2 (SD Rep), The Poet in An Illiad  (New Village Arts), Madame Rose in Gypsy (Cygnet) and wrote music for Ion Theatre's Off-Broadway world premiere, Sea of Souls. 

The Importance of

Being Earnest

Company

 

Grey Gardens

 

Cabaret

 

The Heidi Chronicles

 

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"A broad education in the arts helps give children a better understanding of their world…We need students who are culturally literate as well as math and science literate."

–Paul Ostergard, Vice President, Citicorp

  

“Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.”

– Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation

 

“GE hires a lot of engineers. We want young people who can do more than add up a string of numbers and write a coherent sentence. They must be able to solve problems, communicate ideas and be sensitive to the world around them. Participation in the arts is one of the best ways to develop these abilities.”

– Clifford V. Smith, President of the General Electric Foundation

  
"I believe that creativity will be the currency of the 21st century." 
– Gerald Gordon, Ph.D., President/CEO, Fairfax County (Virginia) Economic Development Authority
 

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have lots of dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solution without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”

–Steve Jobs

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