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Erik Hillar Liitoja (June 18, 1954 – June 2, 2023) was a Canadian playwright and theatre director. [1] He was most noted for his 1993 play The Last Supper, [2] which won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1994 [3] and was adapted by Cynthia Roberts into the 1994 feature film The Last Supper.
Sep 19, 2023 · Director Hillar Liitoja was ‘pathologically uncompromising’ in his pursuit of great art. If you’re under the age of 45, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Hillar Liitoja. Although the influential Canadian theatre director’s career spanned four decades, he produced his best-known works in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hillar Liitoja is a radical and innovative theatre-creator in English Canada, who co-designs the space, sound and lights for his productions. He has also directed ballets, installations, and written plays and books, and received the Canadian Acker Award for lifetime achievement in 2017.
Sep 9, 2023 · In 2017, Hillar received the inaugural Canadian Acker Award for lifetime achievement encompassing decades of ground-breaking, cutting-edge, risk-taking creation.
The Exhibit is a retrospective on DNA’s work that explores the aesthetics and contributions of Artistic Director Hillar Liitoja. On display are materials and video from DNA productions and performance “scores” that Hillar created for Hamlet, the Fate Ballet, Expound and Orangeville.
Jun 2, 2023 · There will be a Celebration of Life for Hillar Liitoja this Saturday, September 16 at The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West (7:30pm), preceded by an exhibit honouring Hillar's work in the Toronto theatre community over four decades. Erik Hillar Liitoja died peacefully June 2, 2023.
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Artistic Director Hillar Liitoja founded DNA Theatre in 1982 with POUND FOR POUND, inspired by the poetry of Ezra Pound. DNA immediately captured attention with its unique polyphonic style of simultaneously intertwined texts, startling imagery and poems directly addressed to audience-members.
