Janet Amos (born 12 September 1944) is a Canadian theatre actress, director, educator and playwright.
The daughter of the actress Beth Amos, Janet has led theatre companies as the artistic director of the Blyth Festival (1979-1984 and 1994-1997) and Theatre New Brunswick (1984-1988). She worked as an assistant professor of the University of Regina (2003-2006), as a guest artist at the University of Ottawa (2008) and as instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.
Amos is credited as leading an effort to save the Blyth Festival from closure, when she took over as the artistic director in 1994. Prior to her assuming the role of artistic director, the Blyth Festival had lost thousands of audience members and amassed a $229,000 debt. Amos' drove a fundraising campaign that raised more than $100,000 and created a season line-up that brought audiences back, helping the summer theatre to survive.
Amos has also directed theatre productions at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille, Port Dover's Lighthouse Theatre, Regina's Globe Theatre, London, Ontario's Grand Theatre, Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and Ottawa's National Arts Centre, among others.
