- Evan Linder is a playwright and actor hailing from Chicago, IL where he serves as Co-Artistic Director of The New Colony. Evan is a graduate of the College of Charleston and his plays include "Byhalia, Mississippi" (2016 Jeff Award for Best New Work), "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche" (Winner: Best Production at 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival, published by Samuel French Inc), "The Bear Suit of Happiness" (published by Chicago Dramaworks) and "The Warriors". Named "one of the Chicago theatre's most prodigious talents" in the Chicago Tribune, Evan also teaches playwriting at the University of Chicago. He has acted in over 40 productions and is slated to reprise his role as Jim in "Byhalia, Mississippi" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in July 2016.- IMDb Mini Biography By: chitheatre
- He was awarded the 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Non-Equity) Award for New Work for "Byhalia, Mississippi," at The New Colony and Definition Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
- His play, "Byhalia, Mississippi," at The New Colony and Definition Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Non-Equity) Award for Play Production.
- He was nominated for a 2019 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Performer in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Grace" at the Interrobang Theatre Project in Chicago, Illinois.
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