{{short description|Australian theatre director (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Adena Jacobs''' (born June 1982) is an Australian theatre director.<ref name="The Sydney Morning Herald - 8 August 2015 -Adena Jacobs takes on Greek tragedies Antigone and The Bacchae">{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/theatre-director-adena-jacobs-takes-on-greek-tragedies-antigone-and-the-bacchae-20150805-gisg82.html|title=Adena Jacobs takes on Greek tragedies Antigone and The Bacchae|last=Usher|first=Robin|date=8 August 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2017/06/10/theatre-director-adena-jacobs/14970168004745|title=Theatre director Adena Jacobs|last=Holden|first=Kate|date=10 June 2017|website=The Saturday Paper|access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> She has worked in Australian independent theatre with her company, Fraught Outfit, of which she is artistic director, and has also directed for various mainstage companies. She was "Female Director-in-Residence" at Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne in 2012,<ref name="Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne - Female Director in Residence - Adena Jacobs (2012)">{{cite web|url=http://malthousetheatre.com.au/about-us/female-director-in-residence|title=Female Director in Residence -Adena Jacobs (2012)|work=Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|accessdate=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808153444/http://malthousetheatre.com.au/about-us/female-director-in-residence|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2014–15 was Resident Director at Belvoir, Sydney.
Jacobs adapted the 1966 film ''Persona'' for theatrical performances at Theatre Works in Melbourne in 2012.
Jacobs graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (honours) from Melbourne University (2004), and with a Masters of Theatre Practice from Victorian College of the Arts (2008) where she received the Yvonne Taylor scholarship for a female director. In 2011, Jacobs was awarded the Melbourne International Arts Festival’s Harold Mitchell Fellowship. She is a member of Lincoln Center Directors' Lab.
Jacobs is Jewish and has dual US-Australian citizenship. Her sister is singer-songwriter Ariela Jacobs. She is openly gay and her partner is actress Luisa Hastings Edge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/fast-lane/article/2017/02/07/where-all-theatre-queer-women|title=Where is all the theatre for queer women?|date=9 February 2017|work=SBS|access-date=9 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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