Alison Louder

Growing up in Montreal, Alison became fluently bilingual in English and French, having been naturalized in both languages since birth. Alison is an alumna of the Professional Theatre Department at Dawson College in Montreal, New York's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Jacqueline McClintock's Orphanspace Studio, where she studied Meisner technique for six years. Alison's strong theatre background includes developing several new plays at Playwrights' Workshop Montreal and Canada's National Theatre School, and going behind the scenes as assistant director/producer for Montreal's premiere production of Ariel Dorfman's "Speak Truth To Power" which sold out and received critical acclaim in 2009.