Alisa Palmer was the artistic director of Nightwood Theatre from 1993 to 2001.
17 Facts About Alisa Palmer
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In 1995, Alisa Palmer was appointed the sole artistic director of the company.
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In 1995, Alisa 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.
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Alisa Palmer has directed with the Shaw Festival for eight seasons from 2005 to 2012.
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At the Shaw Festival, Alisa Palmer directed several shows including Ann-Marie MacDonald's Belle Moral: A Natural History, Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, Clare Boothe Luce's The Women, and Githa Sowerby's A Man and Some Women.
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In 2007, Alisa Palmer directed Caryl Churchill's Top Girls for Soulpepper Theatre.
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Alisa Palmer won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play for her direction of Top Girls.
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Alisa Palmer later directed Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother for Soulpepper in 2008.
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Alisa Palmer was a resident director of Mirvish Productions' world premiere of The Lord of the Rings in Toronto.
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In 2016, Alisa Palmer directed Nick Green's Body Politic for Buddies in Bad Times.
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Alisa Palmer is the founder of Vita Brevis, a theatre company involved in the creation and promotion of new works.
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Alisa Palmer made her Stratford Festival debut in 2014, directing Noel Coward's Hay Fever.
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Alisa 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.
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Alisa Palmer first taught at the National Theatre School of Canada at the age of 23.
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In 2007, Alisa Palmer directed Edward Bond's Restoration at the NTS.
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Alisa Palmer has been the artistic director of the English section of the National Theatre School since 2013.
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Alisa Palmer met Canadian writer Ann-Marie MacDonald at the 1987 Groundswell Festival.