{{Short description|New Zealand costume designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox director | name = Jacqueline Coats | citizenship = New Zealand | education = MTA (2002) from Victoria University of Wellington & Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School | occupation = Director of theatre and opera }}
'''Jacqueline Coats''' is a theatre director based in New Zealand who has worked in both opera and children's theatre, she has worked for various organisations including the New Zealand Festival, New Zealand Opera and Victorian Opera (Melbourne).
== Biography == Coats is educated from the University of Idaho, and in 2002 graduated with a Master of Theatre Arts in Directing from Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opera School Welcomes Jacqueline Coats to Direct Great Opera Moments |url=http://www.operaschool.org.nz/news/2020/1/8/nationally-acclaimed-director-jacqueline-coats |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Welcome to the New Zealand Opera School |language=en-NZ |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306071516/http://www.operaschool.org.nz/news/2020/1/8/nationally-acclaimed-director-jacqueline-coats |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Guest |first=Bill |title=Transitions : four decades of Toi Whakaari : New Zealand Drama School |date=2010 |publisher=Victoria University Press |others=Ginny Sullivan, Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School |isbn=978-0-86473-642-0 |location=Wellington [N.Z.] |oclc=669968400}}</ref> She also has a postgraduate diploma in Arts Education Management from the University of Leeds.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Children's Theatre {{!}} Little Dog Barking Theatre Company {{!}} New Zealand |url=https://www.littledogbarking.co.nz/about |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Little Dog Barking |language=en}}</ref> She was a singer in the New Zealand Youth Choir, and has been an actor and a singer.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Get to know our Director: Jacqueline Coats |url=https://www.voicesnz.com/news-reviews/get-to-know-our-director-jacqueline-coats/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Voices NZ - Choirs Aoteoroa |language=en}}</ref>
She has been directing NZ Opera's touring ''Opera in Schools'' programme since 2015.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Coats |url=https://nzopera.com/profile/jacqueline-coats-2/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=NZ OPERA |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
Children's theatre companies she has worked for include ''Little Dog Barking'', the theatre company of Peter Wilson, Coats took over as director following the death of Wilson in 2021, the company closed in 2025,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lowdown: Big Success, Brave Calls & Tough Decisions |url=https://thebigidea.nz/stories/lowdown-big-success-brave-calls-tough-decisions |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=thebigidea.nz |language=en}}</ref> and Capital E National Theatre for Children.<ref name="expressions.org.nz">{{Cite web |title=Songs of the Sea » WHIRINAKI WHARE TAONGA |url=http://www.expressions.org.nz/events/event-archive-2/event-archive/2017-events/songs-of-the-sea/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.expressions.org.nz}}</ref> A very popular touring production for children by Capital E that Coats directed is ''Seasons'' in 2021 first created by Peter Wilson, Laughton Pattrick (who died in 2020) and Jenny Pattrick in 2000 and Coats was one of the performers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEASONS – Circa Theatre |url=https://www.circa.co.nz/package/seasons-capital-e/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> This production honoured the memory of Peter Wilson and Laughton Pattrick.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=SEASONS - Joyous and informative |url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=12723 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=TheatreView}}</ref>
Coats received the Peter Lees-Jeffries Memorial Scholarship from the Dame Malvina Major Foundation in 2018 for professional development<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-15 |title=Scholarships |url=https://dmmfoundation.org.nz/grants-scholarships/scholarships/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Dame Malvina Major Foundation |language=en}}</ref> and the Pettman DARE Fellowship at Opera North, University of Leeds in 2019.<ref name=":6" />
In 2020 Coats directed a concert at the Whanganui Royal Opera House in her role as Stagecraft Director with the New Zealand Opera School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Coats teaches opera students the moves |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/stagecraft-is-jacqueline-coats-passion/R4OIJEO2DYGY77NTBPFDY42H6A/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
In 2021 Coats directed the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's annual ''Opera in Concert'' at the Auckland Town Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-07 |title=Stage Director Jacqueline Coats on 'Fidelio' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2018794602/stage-director-jacqueline-coats-on-fidelio |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref>
== Awards == 1997 - Most Original Production, Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for ''Bent'' by Martin Sherman
2014 - Director of the Year, Dunedin Theatre Awards for ''This Other Eden''.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=This Other Eden |url=https://operaotago.co.nz/tag/this-other-eden/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Opera Otago |date=10 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
== Credits == {| class="wikitable" |+Directing credits include: !Date !Title !Form !Production !Cast !Ref. |- |2009 |''The Cunning Little Vixen'' |opera | | |<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2019-03-14 |title=Five Favourites with Opera Director Jacqueline Coats |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2018686532/five-favourites-with-opera-director-jacqueline-coats |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> |- |2014 |''This Other Eden'' |theatre |by Anthony Richie and Michelanne Forster for Opera Otago | |<ref name=":3" /> |- |2014 |''Noye’s Fludde'' |opera |Produced by New Zealand Opera | |<ref name=":4" /> |- |2016 |''La Traviata'' |opera |Co-directed with Kate Cherry, produced by New Zealand Opera | |<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Coats, Stage director |url=https://www.operabase.com/artists/jacqueline-coats-61475/en |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Operabase |language=en}}</ref> |- |2016 |''Little Kowhai Tree'' |theatre |By Peter Wilson, produced by Little Dog Barking Theatre Company | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-09 |title=Little Kowhai Tree touring early childhood centres and schools |url=https://assitejnz.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/little-kowhai-tree-touring-early-childhood-centres-and-schools/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=PAYPA - Performing Arts and Young People in Aotearoa |language=en}}</ref> |- |2017 |''Songs of the Sea'' |theatre |By Peter Wilson, produced by Capital E | |<ref name="expressions.org.nz"/> |- |2018 |''La Bohème'' |opera |By Puccini | |<ref name=":5" /> |- |2018 |''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' |theatre |Shakespeare, for Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. | |<ref name=":3" /> |- |2019 |''The Barber of Seville'' |opera |Capital E Festival | |<ref name=":4" /> |- |2020 |''Voices Love Opera'' |opera |Written by Coats from various operas for Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir |Catrin Johnsson, Albert Mata'afa, Morag Atchison, Andrew Grenon |<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-15 |title=Voices Love Opera is a choral concert of operatic proportions |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2018768478/voices-love-opera-is-a-choral-concert-of-operatic-proportions |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> |- |2021 |''Seasons'' |theatre |Written by Peter Wilson, music by Laughton Pattrick, lyrics by Jenny Pattrick, produced by Capital E |Mia Alonso-Green, Dominic Flanagan, Flora Dryburgh |<ref name=":2" /> |}
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