Alisa Palmer

Palmer was a resident director of Mirvish Productions' world premiere of The Lord of the Rings in Toronto. In 2016, Palmer directed Nick Green's Body Politic for Buddies in Bad Times. Palmer is also the founder of Vita Brevis, a theatre company involved in the creation and promotion of new works.

Palmer made her Stratford Festival debut in 2014, directing Noël Coward's Hay Fever. Palmer was scheduled to direct Hamlet-911, a modern adaptation of Hamlet written by MacDonald, as part of the 2020 Stratford Festival, but was postponed due to COVID-19.

In 2007, Palmer directed Caryl Churchill's Top Girls for Soulpepper Theatre. She won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play for her direction of Top Girls. Palmer later directed Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother for Soulpepper in 2008.

Palmer has directed with the Shaw Festival for eight seasons from 2005 to 2012. At the Shaw Festival, Palmer directed several shows including Ann-Marie MacDonald's Belle Moral: A Natural History (2005), Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (2009), Clare Boothe Luce's The Women (2010), and Githa Sowerby's A Man and Some Women (2012).

In 1995, Palmer directed the play The Attic, The Pearls, and Three Fine Girls, which she co-created with Ann-Marie MacDonald, Leah Cherniak, Jennifer Brewin, and Martha Ross. The play was performed by Theatre Columbus, a clown-inspired company created by Leah Cherniak and Martha Ross, and co-starred MacDonald, Cherniak, and Ross. The Attic was nominated for several Dora Mavor Moore awards in the Small Theatre division, including for Outstanding New Play or Musical and for Outstanding Direction. In 2011, Palmer and all of the original cast members except Cherniak, staged a sequel to The Attic called More Fine Girls. More Fine Girls was performed at Tarragon Theatre.

Alisa Palmer is a Canadian theatre director and playwright. She was the artistic director of Nightwood Theatre from 1993–2001. Palmer is currently the artistic director of the English section of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Palmer's first interaction with Toronto-based Nightwood Theatre was at the 1987 Groundswell Festival, where she performed with the improv group, Hysterical Women. Following that festival, Palmer directed two shows before joining Nightwood's leadership team. In 1993 Palmer and Diane Roberts were appointed co-artistic directors of Nightwood Theatre, succeeding Kate Lushington. In 1995, Palmer was appointed the sole artistic director of the company. Palmer's leadership at Nightwood was instrumental in confirming the company's move away from a collective to a "legitimate" theatre company.

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Alisa Palmer was born on May 26, 1963.