“Yes, Linda Manning can make this stuff up and indeed it does not get much better than this well-constructed play...." [Bite the Apple]
David Roberts, Chief Critic, Theatre Reviews Limited, New York, NY
"Writer-performer Linda Manning gives us a fiercely intelligent and sexual Charlotte Brontë.... The writing delicately renders the conflict between family responsibility and the artist's calling, between romantic yearning and the realities of married love."
The Village Voice, New York, NY
"This wonderfully quixotic piece by Linda Manning explores the struggles Charlotte faced, including her own stifling romantic ideals. With a striking level of skill and versatility,"
TimeOut New York, New York, NY
"The Invisible Theatre Company’s adaptation of the classic tale is strikingly fresh, thanks to playwright Linda Manning’s bold vision.... Manning had a dynamic presence .... Deftly handling the madness that lies at the heart of Poe’s tale, Manning oscillated from a petulant little girl, to a proper young lady, to a disturbing sexual force.... The amount of humor that Manning has incorporated into the script, without compromising its horror, is one of its greatest accomplishments.”
The Off-Off-Broadway Review, New York, NY
David Roberts, Chief Critic, Theatre Reviews Limited, New York, NY
"Writer-performer Linda Manning gives us a fiercely intelligent and sexual Charlotte Brontë.... The writing delicately renders the conflict between family responsibility and the artist's calling, between romantic yearning and the realities of married love."
The Village Voice, New York, NY
"This wonderfully quixotic piece by Linda Manning explores the struggles Charlotte faced, including her own stifling romantic ideals. With a striking level of skill and versatility,"
TimeOut New York, New York, NY
"The Invisible Theatre Company’s adaptation of the classic tale is strikingly fresh, thanks to playwright Linda Manning’s bold vision.... Manning had a dynamic presence .... Deftly handling the madness that lies at the heart of Poe’s tale, Manning oscillated from a petulant little girl, to a proper young lady, to a disturbing sexual force.... The amount of humor that Manning has incorporated into the script, without compromising its horror, is one of its greatest accomplishments.”
The Off-Off-Broadway Review, New York, NY
Original Scripts by Linda Manning
Learning to Drive - screenplay - feature
Grand Prize Winner - StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest
Quarter Finalist - PAGE Int'l. Screenwriting Awards
Featured Script on The Black List - May 2015
Ghost Ride - screenplay - short
Produced 2015
Watch the trailer below
Learning to Drive - screenplay - feature
Grand Prize Winner - StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest
Quarter Finalist - PAGE Int'l. Screenwriting Awards
Featured Script on The Black List - May 2015
Ghost Ride - screenplay - short
Produced 2015
Watch the trailer below
Divine Food - screenplay - feature
Charlotte - screenplay - feature
Second Round of Competition for the 2016 Sundance Screenwriters Lab
GUY - stage play - full length
originally developed through a Ledig House International Writer's Colony Fellowship
Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
Workshop reading June 2015 at The Drawing Board NYC
Bite the Apple - stage play - full length
Produced as part of the NY Int'l Fringe Festival 2012
Currently in development
There is No You and Me - stage play - short
originally developed at the Bronx Playwrights Workshop
full length version currently in development
Staged Reading - October 2015 produced by The Drawing Board
DO SOMETHING WITH YOURSELF! The Life of Charlotte Brontë - stage play - full length
Produced by The Invisible Theatre in NYC
Published by Smith & Kraus Publishers
The Fall of the House of Usher - stage play - full length
Adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story
Produced by The Invisible Theatre in NYC
