Lisa Alves

Bio

Lisa Alves (they/she) is an emerging playwright and an acclaimed theatre producer born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. Now based in Tkarón:to near the Wonscontach (Toronto, near the Don Valley) Lisa is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada and a graduate of Humber College’s Theatre Performance Program (2015) and the Business Management in Entrepreneurial Program (2018). Lisa has been the lead producer on five Dora Mavor Moore Award-nominated plays for Outstanding Productions in various Divisions and is the managing producer at Cahoots Theatre. Lisa loves making theatre happen! They are currently developing her first brazenly sapphic play The Exhale and was the second place winner of Toronto Fringe Festival’s 24-Hour Playwriting Contest (2024).