ABOUT LINDA HANCOCK and THE LISTENING PLACE:
Linda Hancock co-founded The Listening Place, Readers’ Theater with Marlie Avant and Ibi Murphy, performing at Monterey Museum of Art, La Mirada in Monterey in 2007. Hancock has remained the guiding and creative force for twenty productions of The Listening Place - Readers Theater. Preceding the creation of The Listening Place - Readers Theater, Linda
Hancock was a director and stage manager at The Western Stage in the late 1970’s and early ‘80’s. She took a 12 year leave of absence to develop a chancel drama group in a local church, then returned to The Western Stage in 1994 as a production assistant for EAST OF EDEN. From 1994-2004 Ms. Hancock stage managed ten shows, including the 2000 revival of EAST OF EDEN, directed four one-act plays and co-directed the world premier production of SONG OF SURVIVAL in 1997. She directed the new adaptation of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK for the 2002 season and THE BELLE OF AMHERST in 2003. Hancock is also a founding member of The Legacy Readers at The Western Stage. In October 2014, The Listening Place - Readers Theater will begin their eighth season and twenty-first production with the Tony-award winning play, COPENHAGEN by Michael Frayn, directed by Maryann Rousseau.
