Tanya Palmer

(Bio as of May 2019)
Tanya Palmer is the Goodman’s Producer and Director of New Play Development, where she coordinates the annual New Stages Festival. Palmer has also served as the dramaturg on a number of Goodman productions, including Vigils, Magnolia, The Long Red Road and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined. Prior to her arrival in Chicago, Palmer served as the Director of New Play Development at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she led the reading and select process for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. The co-editor of four collections of Humana Festival plays, as well as two collections of 10-minute plays, Palmer is originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and holds an MFA in playwriting from Toronto’s York University.
Goodman Productions:
- Pamplona: Dramaturg
- Dana H.: (2019) Dramaturg
- Lady in Denmark: (2018) Dramaturg
- King of the Yees: (2017) Dramaturg
- Destiny of Desire: (2017) Dramaturg
- Carlyle: (2016) Dramaturg
- 2666: (2016) Dramaturg
- Feathers and Teeth: (2015) Dramaturg
- stop. reset.: (2015) Dramaturg
- The Upstairs Concierge: (2015) Dramaturg
- Carlyle: (2014) Dramaturg
- Smokefall: (2014) Dramaturg
- Ask Aunt Susan: (2014) Dramaturg
- Buzzer: (2014) Dramaturg
- Happiest Song: (2013) Dramaturg
- Teddy Ferrara: (2013) Dramaturg
- Song for the Disappeared: (2012) Dramaturg
- Black n Blue Boys: (2012) Dramaturg
- Crowns: (2012) Dramaturg
- Fish Men: (2012) Dramaturg
- Race: (2012) Dramaturg
- Ask Aunt Susan: (2011) Dramaturg
- Dartmoor Prison: (2011) Dramaturg
- Chinglish: (2011) Dramaturg
- Mary: (2011) Dramaturg
- The Trinity River Plays: (2011) Dramaturg
- The Good Negro: (2010) Dramaturg
- A True History of the Johnstown Flood: (2010) Dramaturg
- The Long Red Road: (2010) Dramaturg
- High Holidays: (2009) Dramaturg
- The Crowd You’re in With: (2009) Dramaturg
- Magnolia: (2009) Dramaturg
- Desire Under the Elms: (2009) Dramaturg
- Ruined: (2008) Dramaturg
- Gas for Less: (2008) Dramaturg
- The Ballad of Emmett Till: (2008) Dramaturg
- Shining City: (2008) Dramaturg
- Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts: (2007) Dramaturg
- Vigils: (2006) Dramaturg
- The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove: (2006) Dramaturg
- The Clean House: (2006) Dramaturg
- Romance: (2006) Dramaturg