Linda Walsh Jenkins

Linda Walsh Jenkins is an American author, teacher, and story analyst.

Jenkins has co-authored and co-edited three editions of the anthology Women in American Theatre, with Helen Krich Chinoy, initially published by Crown Publishing in 1976, with later editions being published by Theatre Communications Group.[1] Women in American Theatre is made up of short pieces on different topics relating to women working in the theater in the United States.[2] The Daily Spectrum wrote "Chinoy and Jenkins have chosen essays which very adequately portray the pioneering accomplishments of many women, both well known and little known."[3]

She also edited two volumes of scripts by John Clark Donahue. The Cookie Jar and Other Plays, and Five Plays from the Children's Theatre in 1975, published by The University of Minnesota Press.[4]

Alan Watt, at the recommendation of screenwriter Allison Burnett, taught The 90-Day Play workshop at Watt's L.A. Writers' Lab Workshop. This would lead to the release of her book The 90-Day Play, published through The 90-Day Novel Press.[5]

Jenkins also worked at Northwestern University as the chair of the doctorate program in theater and drama.[6]