Lida McGirr

Lida McGirr began her acting career as a 7-year-old singing and dancing Leprechaun at Nathan's Hot Dogs, Coney Island. She spent her early twenties as one of the three start-up members of A Little Theatre on 26th Street in New York during which time she received mention in Variety for her portrayal of Abigail in The Crucible. Since then, she's won the 2004 EMACT DASH Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, appeared as Dean Kenny in the Elliot Norton Award–winning Spinning into Butter, and received rave reviews for her portrayal of Shirley Valentine at the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham. She has directed a short opera protesting the cancellation of Saturday's at the Met, productions for libraries and private functions as well as many local community theater productions including TCAN's award-winning A Piece of My Heart nominated for four EMACT DASH Awards. Her short plays have been performed in festivals, retirement centers, a romance novelist convention, a bakery, and board meetings throughout New England. Her next project, Dorothy Parker Revised, a compilation of the works of the American writer and poet best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles, will be performed at the Concord Players on June 6 at 8pm before moving on to competition at the EMACT Festival at the Groton School on Friday, June 13 at 7pm.