lisa karen cox

A graduate of Concordia University's Interdisciplinary Studies program, Lisa Karen Cox relishes work that combines music, movement and heightened language. Often playing men and other mythical creatures, theatre performance credits include: Flo in Now You See Her (Quote /Unquote Collective/WhyNotTheatre/Nightwood); The Penelopiad (Royal Shakespeare Co/NAC); Friar Laurence in Romeo & (her) Juliet  and Manfred Karge’s Man to Man (Headstrong Collective); Horatio in Hamlet (Beyond the Cubical Productions); Brutus in Julius Caesar (Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare), Katherine in Das Ding (CanadianStage/Theatre SMASH), and 2 seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada. Lisa was also the choreographer for Nightwood Theatre's Bear with Me and Comedy of Errors, the Assistant Director for We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia...(Theatre Centre), and Salt-Water Moon (Factory Theatre), and the Associate Director for Why Not Theatre's Like Mother, Like Daughter.

For Volcano, Lisa has consulted, taught for the Volcano Conservatory, participated in the panel discussion Where do we go from here? Fostering Resilience and Justice in the Performing Arts, been a part of the assessment panel for our OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators, and acted as part of the dramaturgical group for The Agreements.

A deep believer in the power of the future, Lisa works extensively with students and educators, with emerging playwrights and artists through classes, dramaturgy, playwriting units and festivals;

Lisa is also on the Teacher Advisory for the Canadian Opera Company, a Board member for Theatre Direct and an Assistant Professor at Ryerson University. As a Director, she is also one of the 63 Black creatives included in Obsidian Theatre’s 21 Black Futures. http://21blackfutures.com/