Alisa Palmer
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Alisa Palmer is a Canadian
theatre director and playwright
.
Born and raised in New Brunswick
, Canada, Alisa Palmer completed a degree in history at McGill University
. Her theatre education was based in Montreal and included training with Phillippe Gaullierof Ecole Jacques Lecoq (Bouffon and Masque Neutre), Cirque de Soleil (acrobatics), L’école de Mime Corporal de Montréal under Jean Asselin as well as periods of study with Brazilian director Agosto Boal.
Palmer has an eclectic and robust directorial style, and has worked on such diverse projects as her own A Play About the Mothers of the Plaza del Mayo, which made a compelling use of the Pergolesi
's Stabat Mater, a production of Pal Joey at the Shaw Festival
in 2004, and several plays by Ann-Marie MacDonald
, whom she married in 2003. She is presently working on a musical theatre production of The Lord of the Rings
in Toronto.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
theatre director and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
.
Born and raised in New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
, Canada, Alisa Palmer completed a degree in history at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. Her theatre education was based in Montreal and included training with Phillippe Gaullierof Ecole Jacques Lecoq (Bouffon and Masque Neutre), Cirque de Soleil (acrobatics), L’école de Mime Corporal de Montréal under Jean Asselin as well as periods of study with Brazilian director Agosto Boal.
Palmer has an eclectic and robust directorial style, and has worked on such diverse projects as her own A Play About the Mothers of the Plaza del Mayo, which made a compelling use of the Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Iesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...
's Stabat Mater, a production of Pal Joey at the Shaw Festival
Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
in 2004, and several plays by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Ann-Marie MacDonald is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany....
, whom she married in 2003. She is presently working on a musical theatre production of The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings (theatre)
The Lord of the Rings is the most prominent of several theatre adaptations of British author J. R. R. Tolkien's epic high fantasy novel of the same name, set in his world of Middle-earth. The show includes music by A. R. Rahman, Christopher Nightingale, and the band Värttinä, with book and lyrics...
in Toronto.