Janet Amos

Biography

Janet Amos is a Canadian theatre actress, director, educator, and playwright born in 1945. She led the Blyth Festival to success as artistic director from 1994 to 1997, saving the theatre from closure and raising over $100,000 through a fundraising campaign. Amos has also worked as artistic director at Theatre New Brunswick and University of Regina, and has taught at the University of Ottawa and National Theatre School of Canada.