Amy Poisson
(she/her)
Producing Artistic Director
is a Seattle-based dramaturgical director specializing in supporting world premiere plays and musicals by femme writers. She is the Producing Artistic Director of Seattle Public Theater and Macha Theatre Works.
Currently Amy is directing Macbeth: A Rock Musical and Once More, Just for You at Seattle Public Theater.
Past work includes:
La Tofana's Poison Emporium by Joy McCullough, 17 Minute Stories, Macha’s Live-streamed Season, The Fifth Wave by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every; Blood Water Paint and Smoke & Dust by Joy McCullough; Sheathed by Maggie Lee (2019 Gregory Award winner for Outstanding New Play); Happy, Happy, Happy... by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every; The Flight Before Xmas by Maggie Lee for Macha Theatre Works in 2019 and Seattle Public Theater in 2017; A Hand of Talons by Maggie Lee (2016 Gregory Award winner for Costumes; multiple Gypsy Rose Awards); The Twelfth Story by Rebecca Goldberg at Annex Theatre; Blood/Water/Paint by Joy McCullough-Carranza for Live Girls! Theater; Fast Company by Carla Ching (2014 Seattle Times Footlight Award); and The Clockwork Professor and The Tumbleweed Zephyr (2016 Gregory Award nominee for Best New Play) by Maggie Lee, produced by Pork Filled Productions. Amy also directed These Streets by Gretta Harley & Sarah Rudinoff at ACT Central Heating Lab.