Linds Esch performing in a cinematic scene from KEVIN

Writer · Actor · Director

Fascinated by stories about what it means to be human inside the systems we build.

I create speculative stories to examine the present, working across writing, performance, and directing to understand the people living inside the systems that shape them.

Questions beneath the work

What happens to people when the systems around us change?

What allows one person to truly see another?

How much of identity is chosen, and how much is performed for survival?

Current

Revising

Sector 42

YA science fiction · dystopia

↗Performing

Nina

The Seagull · The Modern Rep · View performances

↗Exploring

Thieves City

YA science fantasy · in development

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Worlds

Every story begins with a question.

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What happens when the story begins watching you back?KEVINShort film · Novel · Feature in development What is reality worth if it is engineered?Sector 42Novel · In revision What stories hold a civilization together?Thieves CityNovel series · In development

03 · Performance

Performance is how I understand another person’s world from within.

Selected work, headshots, production photography, and a complete acting resume.

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Studio

The workbench: questions, process, directing, teaching, and notes from the work.

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Currently thinking about

What Is Revision?

Field Note · 4 minute read

Practice

Creating freedom through structure.

Directing philosophy

Teaching

Building a shared language for brave, specific work.

Teaching philosophy

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